- Scientists at Lancaster University have created the detailed body quiz
- Participants are asked to label 25 specific types of organ or muscle with no help
- It is hoped 20,000 people will take the quiz to reveal how much the public knows
- Experts say a better understanding of anatomy will help improve healthcare
The world’s biggest anatomy quiz has been created to find out how much people know about where their internal organs are in the body.
Scientists created the interactive study after finding that people cannot pinpoint vital organs.
Past research by Lancaster University found, although 100 per cent of people know where their brain is, only 15 per cent can correctly label their adrenal glands.
Experts say this could make them less able to understand their health, and are now hoping to survey 20,000 people to see how much the public really knows.
In the online quiz participants are asked to click to mark 25 specific types of organ or muscle and answer a few questions about themselves.
Potentially trickier body parts to pinpoint include the cruciate ligament, thyroid, gallbladder and spleen.
The quiz gives a blank template of a man’s body and asks users to mark 25 different types of organ or muscle
Created by Lancaster University and research platform Zooniverse to continue studies into people’s knowledge of the body, the quiz can be taken here.
Scientists hope to understand how much people know about their anatomy, and to see if this differs between different groups of people.
They say their research could help doctors and nurses to better understand and treat their patients
Creator of the ‘Where are my body organs?’ quiz, Dr Adam Taylor told MailOnline: ‘[The quiz will] not only improve public engagement with the subject of anatomy, but will enable further study of what the general public know about human anatomy.’
People struggle to point out the spleen, gallbladder and pancreas
The 25 parts of the body people are asked to label – without any help – are the brain, cornea, lungs, liver, diaphragm, heart, stomach, appendix, bladder, kidneys, pancreas, gallbladder, spleen, adrenals, thyroid, hamstrings, biceps, triceps, quadriceps, cruciate ligament and Achilles tendon.
People are also asked their age, gender, education level, country of residence, and whether they work in healthcare and whether they have visited a healthcare professional in the last week.
Click here to take the quiz.
To begin with you must confirm that you are willing for your anonymous results to be used in Lancaster University’s scientific study.
The quiz is based on a blank template of a human body on which the organs and muscles are marked
Created by Lancaster University and research platform Zooniverse to continue studies into people’s knowledge of the body, the quiz can be taken here.
Scientists hope to understand how much people know about their anatomy and to see if this differs between different groups of people.
They say their research could help doctors and nurses to better understand and treat their patients.
Creator of the ‘Where are my body organs?’ quiz, Dr Adam Taylor told MailOnline: ‘[The quiz will] not only improve public engagement with the subject of anatomy, but will enable further study of what the general public know about human anatomy.’
People struggle to point out the spleen, gallbladder and pancreas
The 25 parts of the body people are asked to label – without any help – are the brain, cornea, lungs, liver, diaphragm, heart, stomach, appendix, bladder, kidneys, pancreas, gallbladder, spleen, adrenals, thyroid, hamstrings, biceps, triceps, quadriceps, cruciate ligament and Achilles tendon.
People are also asked their age, gender, education level, country of residence, and whether they work in healthcare and whether they have visited a healthcare professional in the last week.
Click here to take the quiz.
To begin with you must confirm that you are willing for your anonymous results to be used in Lancaster University’s scientific study.
The quiz is based on a blank template of a human body on which the organs and muscles are marked
You will then be given a blank template of a human body and a list of the first 13 body parts to label, and you should click on the name of the part you want to point to then, drop the coloured marker where you think that organ or muscle is.
Do this for all 13 on the first page, then click ‘Next’ at the bottom to move onto the other 12 on the following page.
When you have pinpointed all the body parts and are happy with your answers, click Next and answer the questions about your gender, age, education, country of residence, whether you work in healthcare and whether you have visited a medical professional in the last week.
You will then see a summary of all your answers and should click ‘Next’ one more time to complete the quiz.
Although the quiz does not show people their results, people can check their knowledge afterwards using our guide below.
According to Dr Taylor’s past research of 63 people with an average age of 36, people are most able to point out the brain, cornea, biceps and triceps.
Meanwhile, they struggle to correctly label the spleen, gallbladder, adrenal gland and pancreas.
The quiz asks participants to label 25 different organs or muscles – past research has shown people are most likely to know where the brain, cornea and biceps and triceps are
The research found men and women are almost equally good at locating organs, but men are better at pointing out muscles.
The team now want to expand their research to 20,000 people.
They hope the findings will teach people about their own body, health and wellbeing and potentially design content for teaching healthcare professionals.
Anatomy knowledge is helpful in healthcare, experts say
Dr Taylor said last year: ‘Whilst many of the public do not have or need formal anatomical knowledge, it is beneficial in monitoring and explaining their own health.
‘An improvement in the delivery of basic anatomical knowledge within primary and secondary education may have beneficial health outcomes in later life.
‘[It may also] reduce the burden on healthcare services by ensuring competent communication between patient and healthcare professional.’
The scientists’ quiz does not tell users whether their answers are correct or not, so here is an approximate guide to check afterwards
As the online quiz does not reveal whether users have answered correctly or not, here is an approximate guide to which organ or muscle is where – to be read only after doing the quiz.
- Brain
- Cornea
- Thyroid
- Heart
- Bicep
- Diaphragm
- Stomach
- Liver
- Spleen
- Gallbladder
- Pancreas
- Appendix
- Bladder
- Uterus
- Ovary
- Quadriceps
- Cruciate ligament
- Lungs
- Triceps
- Adrenal gland
- Kidneys
- Prostate
- Rectum
- Hamstrings
- Achilles tendon
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