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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.

Why Is One Side of My Waist Curvier Than the Other?Bones & Muscles
Why Is My Stomach Fat Split in Two Down the Middle?Diet & Weight
What Is the Hair Medulla? Its Function and Patterns Skin & Hair
What Are IVs and How Do They Work in the Body?Tests
What Color Is Saliva and When Should You Worry?Gut & Kidney
What Happens to My Body When I Sneeze?Immunity
Where Is Salt Stored in the Body?Gut & Kidney
What Happens If You Don’t Have a Uvula?Eyes & ENT
How to Not Swallow: Controlling the Swallowing Reflex Gut & Kidney
What Does a Big Adam’s Apple Mean?Reproductive
Your Tongue When Dehydrated: What It Looks and Feels Like Gut & Kidney
Why Is My Adam’s Apple Small?Hormones
How to Break Down Calcium Deposits in the Body Bones & Muscles
What Is the Primary Function of Oxygen in the Body?Biology
Why Does My Xiphoid Process Feel Like a Lump?Bones & Muscles
What Happens When You Drain Your Lymphatic System?Immunity
The Biology and Culture of So-Called ‘Chinese Eyelids’Biology
Why Do You Get Goosebumps When You Poop?Gut & Kidney
Do Skinny People Get Cold Easier?Diet & Weight
Why Do I Sneeze When I Cough? The Scientific Reason Heart & Lungs
Why Is One Buttcheek Bigger Than the Other?Bones & Muscles
Why Does My Skull Have a Bump? Here Are Potential Causes Bones & Muscles
Why Do People’s Faces Get Wider as They Age?Bones & Muscles
Is Female Body Temperature Higher Than Male?Biology
Why Can’t I Lift My Ring Finger Without My Pinky?Bones & Muscles
What Happens to Your Brain and Body When You Get Scared?Brain & Nerves
Why Do the Hairs on My Arm Stand Up?Skin & Hair
What Happens to Your Body If You Lose a Toe?Bones & Muscles
Does Human Saliva Have Healing Properties?Biology
What Is the pH Level of Saliva and Why Does It Matter?Biology