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A Vanderbilt University nursing graduate, Heather Zavala, RN, CPN, works as a school nurse at a public elementary school in Manhattan, Kansas. She previously cared for hospitalized pediatric patients. Her daily clinic hours involve treating minor playground scrapes, managing student medications, and fielding children’s questions about how their bodies function.

What Do Body Aches Feel Like and Why They Happen Bones & Muscles
Why Do Doctors Feel Your Stomach During a Physical Exam?Tests
Can the Human Body Heal Itself From Anything?Biology
Can You Lose Your Belly Button? And Why It Happens Skin & Hair
Why Are My Fingers Salty? The Science Explained Skin & Hair
Are the Tonsils and Thyroid Connected?Hormones
Why Do I Have a Dent in the Middle of My Chest?Heart & Lungs
Does a Fever Break? The Science Behind the Process Immunity
What Do Goosebumps Do? Purpose, Triggers, and More Skin & Hair
Palmar Crease: Variations, Health Insights, and Myths Bones & Muscles
Why Do I Keep Getting Goosebumps? Reasons Explained Skin & Hair
Why Do I Have a Crease on the Back of My Head?Skin & Hair
How to Measure Core Body Temperature Tests
Do We Have Metals in Our Body? And What Do They Do?Biology
What Is the Hair Matrix and What Does It Do?Skin & Hair
Is There a Lymph Node in Your Armpit? Signs to Watch Immunity
Why Do I Have a Line Below My Belly Button?Skin & Hair
Why Does My Body Ache When It’s Cold?Bones & Muscles
Why Does It Feel Weird to Touch My Belly Button?Gut & Kidney
Why Do I Feel Cold When I’m Sick?Immunity
Can I Still Grow at 20? When Do You Stop Growing?Bones & Muscles
Why Can I Move My Throat Side to Side?Eyes & ENT
What Happens to Your Eyes When You Die?Eyes & ENT
Why Is One Side of My Body Fatter Than the Other?Bones & Muscles
How Does Absorption Work in the Body?Gut & Kidney
Can You Still Grow at 19? Maximizing Your Height Bones & Muscles
Can Ribs Grow Back After Being Removed?Bones & Muscles
Do Human Eyes Reflect Light & Why Don’t They Glow?Eyes & ENT
Why Do People Die on the Toilet? The Biological Reasons Heart & Lungs
Can You Breathe Through Your Nose and Mouth at the Same Time?Heart & Lungs