# Body parts question **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [July 4, 2001, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/body-parts-question/71148 "2001-07-04T00:18:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![insider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/bbe5ce/32.png) [@insider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/insider)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2001, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/body-parts-question/71148/1 "2001-07-04T00:18:21Z")
Is there any part of the human body that does not have a name or label? ---
**Author:** ![choosybeggar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8c91f0/32.png) [@choosybeggar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/choosybeggar)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2001, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/body-parts-question/71148/2 "2001-07-04T00:25:14Z")
There is an artery called the innominate (but A.K.A. the brachiocephalic). And the ishium, ilium, and pubic bones are collectively referred to as the innominate bone. Do those count? ---
**Author:** ![urban1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d07c76/32.png) [@urban1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/urban1)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2001, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/body-parts-question/71148/3 "2001-07-04T01:40:44Z")
I haven’t named my penis yet. I understand many men do. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![AbbySthrnAccent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@AbbySthrnAccent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AbbySthrnAccent)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2001, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/body-parts-question/71148/4 "2001-07-04T01:51:34Z")
Does the top of the foot have its own name? Or even more curiously does that lovely tender spot right beneath the ear and before the jawline but not quite low enough to be your neck have a name? Abby [sub]Can you tell hubby is away and I am… ummm, missing him?[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![jmonster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/dbc845/32.png) [@jmonster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jmonster)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2001, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/body-parts-question/71148/5 "2001-07-04T03:39:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by AbbySthrnAccent \* > Can you tell hubby is away and I am… > > ummm, missing him? Yes. ---
**Author:** ![wevets](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9a140/32.png) [@wevets](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wevets)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2001, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/body-parts-question/71148/6 "2001-07-04T04:15:25Z")
Well, my body parts didn’t come labeled. And I’m told the assembly directions were just murder. I think my parents had a few little bones and tendons left over when they finished, and just tossed them out and hoped for the best. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Homer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/df788c/32.png) [@Homer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homer)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2001, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/body-parts-question/71148/7 "2001-07-04T04:31:04Z")
Riddle me this: If it didn’t have a name, how the hell would we know what it was to tell you that it doesn’t have a name? –Tim ---
**Author:** ![cornflakes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@cornflakes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cornflakes)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2001, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/body-parts-question/71148/8 "2001-07-04T04:36:12Z")
Start [here](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0443045607/qid=994220910/sr=1-1/ref=sc_b_1/103-5902915-3723836) (it’s only 2092 pages.) Through process of elimination, you may come up with an answer. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2001, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/body-parts-question/71148/9 "2001-07-04T04:38:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by AbbySthrnAccent \* > \*\*Does the top of the foot have its own name? > \*\* Of course the back of the foot has its own name. It’s called the _dorsum pedis_ which is Latin for, um, [sub]the back of the foot[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![insider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/bbe5ce/32.png) [@insider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/insider)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2001, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/body-parts-question/71148/10 "2001-07-05T20:37:42Z")
Is there a name for the point inside the ear that when prodded or poked forces you to cough? Is there a name for the position your eyes assume when they are closed and turn upward? Is there a medical term for the funny bone? ``` To name just a few. Thanks ``` ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2001, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/body-parts-question/71148/11 "2001-07-05T20:50:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by insider \* > **Is there a medical term for the funny bone?** Well shucks, this one’s easy. It’s the **humerus!** [sub]I kill me[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2001, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/body-parts-question/71148/12 "2001-07-05T21:18:57Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by AbbySthrnAccent \* > **Does the top of the foot have its own name?** **instep** \In"step, n. [Formerly also instop, instup.] 1. The arched middle portion of the human foot next in front of the ankle joint. [sup][sub]Source: Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.[/sub][/sup] [sup][sub]P.S. I miss my honey, too, so I know how you feel. Perhaps we should start a support group.[/sub][/sup] * * * Jeg elsker dig, Thomas