Word of the Day
Ilia (ILL-ee-uh)
Ilium (plural ilia): The uppermost and widest of the three bones constituting either of the lateral halves of the pelvis.
Common clues: Pelvic bones; Upper pelvic bones
Crossword puzzle frequency: 3 times a year
News: Tramautic Amputations
Pelvis:
the upper half (the broad "wings") are the ilia
Otic (OH-tik)
Of, pertaining to, or near the ear
Common clues: Concerning the ear; Relating to the ear; Auditory; Involving the ear
Crossword puzzle frequency: 4 times a year
Tibia (TIB-ee-uh)
The inner and usually larger of the two bones in the lower leg from the knee to the ankle, parallel with the fibula.
Common clues: Leg bone; Shin bone; Inner leg bone
Crossword puzzle frequency: 2 times a year
Frequency in English language: 55780 / 86800
Ulna (UHL-nuh)
The bone on the little-finger side of the human forearm – the thinner and longer of the two bones.
Common clues: Inner forearm bone; Humerus neighbor; Arm bone; Forelimb bone
Crossword puzzle frequency: 12 times a year
Frequency in English language: 65105 / 86800
Uvea (YOO-vee-uh)
The middle of the three layers of the eyeball – the part that contains the iris and ciliary body and choroids. Its pigmentation is responsible for eye color.
Common clues: Pigmented peeper part; Eye layer; Eye membrane; Pupil's locale
Crossword puzzle frequency: 2 times a year
Copyright:
public domain, credit to NIH
National Eye Institute requested
“To suppose that the eye with all its inimitable contrivances for adjusting the focus to different distances, for admitting different amounts of light, and for the correction of spherical and chromatic aberration, could have been formed by natural selection, seems, I freely confess, absurd in the highest degree.”
- Charles Darwin, The Origin of Species
Uvula (YOO-vyuh-luh)
A small, conical, fleshy mass of tissue suspended from the center of the soft palate
Common clues: Throat projection
Crossword puzzle frequency: 2 times a year
The
uvula is a small
cone-shaped mass of tissue hanging down from the soft palate, near
the back of the throat.
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