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Heather Zavala Page 9

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 My Funny Bone So Sensitive?Bones & Muscles
Why Do I Sweat When I’m Cold?Skin & Hair
Why Does It Take Me So Long to Warm Up After Being Cold?Physics
Where Do You Feel Hunger Pains and Why?Gut & Kidney
Why Do My Bones Sound Hollow When Tapped?Bones & Muscles
Why Can’t I Hear Liquid Sloshing in My Stomach?Gut & Kidney
Can Salt Be Absorbed Through the Mouth?Chemistry
Are Babies Born With Teeth in Their Skull?Dental
Why Do My Brown Eyes Turn Green When I Cry?Eyes & ENT
Why Is My Digastric Muscle Swollen?Bones & Muscles
What Is Sequestration in Medical Terms?Healthcare
Is Systemic Hypoplasia a Real Medical Diagnosis?Tests
Can a Nerve Stick Out of Your Skin?Bones & Muscles
Why Is It Called the Danger Triangle of the Face?Skin & Hair
What Happens to Your Body When a Fever Breaks?Immunity
Can You Be Born Without Taste Buds?Eyes & ENT
Can You Feel Deep Cervical Lymph Nodes?Immunity
Why Are the Veins Under My Tongue So Dark?Heart & Lungs
Why Do Cuts Hurt More the Next Day?Skin & Hair
Do All People Have an Equal Number of Melanocytes?Skin & Hair
Why Does Skin Rolling Hurt? A Biological Explanation Biology
Why Is the Top of My Mouth Wrinkly?Dental
Why Do I Feel Hot After Drinking Cold Water?Gut & Kidney
Why Do Hiccups Hurt? The Science Behind the Pain Brain & Nerves
Why Do Dimples Appear on the Chin When Smiling?Skin & Hair
Is It Possible to Scream Without Vocal Cords?Eyes & ENT
Why Do Doctors Feel Your Neck During a Physical Exam?Healthcare
Why Do Tears Come Out When I Laugh?Eyes & ENT
Do Babies Have Chins? The Science of Infant Anatomy Kids
What Does Energy Look Like in Humans?Physics