Gray's Anatomy Puzzle Book: Think you know your cranium from your clavicle? Tibia from your trachea? Think again ... by Dr. Gareth Moore

Think you know your cranium from your clavicle? Tibia from your trachea? Think again… Test your brain, solve riddles and learn about how the body works with this unique puzzle book using illustrations from Gray’s Anatomy. Divided into different sections of the body, the Gray’s Anatomy Puzzle Book takes the medical reference classic as its starting point for puzzles, riddles and general knowledge questions that will test your wits and challenge your brain. Learn more about the body in an easy and fun way with questions that vary in difficulty, from easy to fiendish, and are suitable for those with little knowledge of the human body, or those in the know who are interested in testing themselves with a new challenge. Puzzle types include: Sudoku Anagrams Crosswords Encoded pairs Read more

From the Publisher Puzzle As you travel from one part of the body to the next, read the introductions to learn more, looking for clues in the text along the way. You’ll then encounter a related set of puzzles with illustrations from the iconic medical reference text Gray’s Anatomy, each designed to encourage you to think more carefully about our anatomy and physiology. Entertaining, and all different, the puzzles will test your powers of observation and general knowledge, challenging you to unravel anagrams, crack codes, find missing pieces, link up matching parts and decipher cryptic clues. Tackle the puzzles on your own or with friends, and in any order you like. Some are straightforward, but others will require more thought and closer scrutiny – so that you’ll want to turn back the pages and discover things you may have missed. The ribs and rib cage The thoracic cage (rib cage) is part of the axial skeleton. The role of the thoracic cage is to protect the heart and lungs. It is formed of twelve pairs of ribs with their costal cartilages and the sternum. The ribs are anchored at the back (‘posteriorly’) to the 12 thoracic vertebrae known as T1 to T12. The ribs are curved and flattened bones. Each rib, also numbered 1–12, articulates posteriorly with its respective thoracic vertebrae. For the most part, ribs attach at the front (‘anteriorly’) to the sternum via cartilage, known as costal cartilage. The brain The brain is a jelly-like mass of tissues and nerves connected to the spinal cord. The brain controls your ability to think, see, feel, talk and hear. It is also responsible for your memory and ability to move. It even controls your breathing. The brain has three main parts: the cerebrum, the cerebellum and the brainstem. The cerebrum is the principal, anterior part of the brain, located in the front of the skull. It has left and right hemispheres (halves), separated by a fissure. Each hemisphere controls the opposite side of the body. The cerebrum has many functions including control of vision, hearing, emotion, speech and walking. The heart The human heart is an organ responsible for pumping blood throughout the body, supplying oxygen and nutrients to tissues and removing carbon dioxide and other waste products. The heart has four chambers: two atria (upper) and two ventricles (lower).The right atrium receives oxygen-poor (deoxygenated) blood from the body and pumps it to the right ventricle. The right ventricle pumps the deoxygenated blood to the lungs. The left atrium receives oxygen-rich (oxygentated) blood from the lungs and pumps it to the left ventricle. The left ventricle then pumps the oxygenated blood to the rest of the body. The liver The liver is the body’s second largest organ, superseded only by the skin, which is significantly larger and heavier. It has a triangular shape that extends across the entire abdominal cavity just below the diaphragm. The majority of the liver is located on the right side of the body. Uterus The uterus is a thick-walled muscular organ which expands in order to accommodate a growing foetus. It is a secondary sex organ, meaning it matures during puberty under the influence of sex hormones produced from primary sex organs (ovaries in females). Nervous system The nervous system is defined as a complex collection of nerves and specialized cells known as neurons that transmit signals between different parts of the body. The nervous system can be divided into wo divisions: the central and peripheral nervous systems. The central nervous system (CNS) is the brain and spinal cord. The CNS is named due to its function to integrate received information and coordinate the activity of all parts of the body.