Name a part of the human head

October 28, 2026 · Daily Dive #105

Explore 2,035 recorded answers and their points for question 2 on October 28, 2026.

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2,035 recorded names on October 28, 2026, 1,902 at 85 or higher. The highest recorded score on this question is 100.

Anatomy atlases list thousands of named structures in this region, so pick a scale first — gross region, tissue layer or microscopic detail — and then commit to one of them. Any identifiable anatomical structure of the human head counts, from a whole region down to a named microscopic detail; functions, diseases, injuries and clothing are excluded.

2,035 recorded answers1,902 at 85+ points100 highest recorded points
  • One in a Krillion1100 pts
  • Deep Cut1,90185 pts
  • Rare9860 pts
  • Schooler2430 pts
  • Plankton1110 pts
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Recorded answers

2,035 recorded answers

How to approach it

Treat this as a breadth test rather than a knowledge test. The scoring pool is enormous, which means the judges accepted practically every anatomical name their reference works contained, so the real work is generating volume and then picking the least ordinary entry you can honestly defend. Build a mental sweep from the outside in: visible surface features first, then the soft layers beneath, then the bony frame with its openings and depressions, then the contents of the cavity those bones enclose, and finally the microscopic level. Whenever you reach a structure, ask what attaches to it, what passes through it and what it is divided into, since each of those questions opens two or three narrower names.

Get a hint

Start from the most ordinary words you have for this region of the body, then ask what lies immediately underneath the surface you can see in a mirror.

A little more

Slide from what is visible to what an anatomy atlas describes: layers of tissue, named spaces, bony plates and the channels that run through them.

One step further

Push further into the microscopic end of the atlas, where cell groups, thin membranes and fluid-filled chambers carry long names almost nobody outside medicine has met.

Reveal answers 2,035
  • Anterior ethmoidal cellsDeep Cut85points
  • Anterior ethmoidal foramenDeep Cut85points
  • Anterior ethmoidal nerveDeep Cut85points
  • Anterior fontanelleDeep Cut85points
  • Anterior hypothalamic nucleusDeep Cut85points
  • Anterior inferior cerebellar arteryDeep Cut85points
  • Anterior lacrimal crestDeep Cut85points
  • Anterior ligaments of the malleusDeep Cut85points
  • Anterior lingual glandsDeep Cut85points
  • Anterior lobe of cerebellumDeep Cut85points
  • Anterior malleolar foldsDeep Cut85points
  • Anterior meningeal arteryDeep Cut85points
  • Anterior midcingulate cortexDeep Cut85points
  • Anterior nasal spineDeep Cut85points
  • Anterior notch of the earDeep Cut85points
  • Anterior nuclei of thalamusDeep Cut85points
  • Anterior perforated substanceDeep Cut85points
  • Anterior pituitaryDeep Cut85points
  • Anterior prefrontal cortexDeep Cut85points
  • Anterior processes of the malleusDeep Cut85points
  • Anterior recesses of the tympanic membraneDeep Cut85points
  • Anterior segmentDeep Cut85points
  • Anterior semicircular canalDeep Cut85points
  • Anterior superior alveolar arteriesDeep Cut85points
  • Anterior superior alveolar nerveDeep Cut85points
  • Anterior surface of maxillaDeep Cut85points
  • Anterior temporal diploic veinDeep Cut85points
  • Anterior temporal lobeDeep Cut85points
  • Anterior tympanic arteriesDeep Cut85points
  • Anterior walls of the middle earDeep Cut85points
  • Anteroventral cochlear nucleusDeep Cut85points
  • Antihelical fossaeDeep Cut85points
  • AntihelixDeep Cut85points
  • AntitragicusDeep Cut85points
  • Antitragohelicine fissureDeep Cut85points
  • AntitragusDeep Cut85points
  • Apex of the toothDeep Cut85points
  • Apical foramenDeep Cut85points
  • Apples of the cheeksDeep Cut85points
  • Aqueous humourDeep Cut85points
  • Arachnoid granulationsDeep Cut85points
  • Arachnoid materDeep Cut85points
  • Arbor vitaeDeep Cut85points
  • ArchicortexDeep Cut85points
  • Arcuate eminenceDeep Cut85points
  • Arcuate fasciculusDeep Cut85points
  • Arcuate nucleusDeep Cut85points
  • Area of the facial nerveDeep Cut85points
  • Area postremaDeep Cut85points
  • Area V5/MTDeep Cut85points

Why these answers count

The reveal is unusually flat. With 2016 recorded entries, 1882 of them sit on 85 points and only 98 land on 60, which tells you that scoring barely ranks originality inside the accepted set; almost anything correct was worth the same. The single 100-point entry, Habenula, is a tiny diencephalic nucleus that medical students meet late, and it stands alone at the top precisely because the reference list mostly stops at structures a trained anatomist would recognize. Below that plateau, entries such as Abducens nerve, Accessory meningeal artery and Agger nasi all score 85, so a cranial nerve, a small arterial branch and a bony ridge of the nasal cavity are treated as equally deep cuts. So the practical lesson is to reach for the smallest named subdivision you can spell correctly, because inside the accepted set obscurity was hardly rewarded and only the far tail earned more.

Recorded from the game’s published reveal · Source · Checked 28 Oct, 06:15 UTC

Names and scores reflect the linked dated reveal. The original game makes the final decision on live acceptance. Editorial policy