Human Body - Facts for Kids

Blood contains special proteins (body helpers) called antibodies (germ fighters) that remember how to fight specific germs!

Your humerus begins growing while you’re still in your mother’s tummy — and as you grow up, it keeps getting longer and stronger until roughly your late teens, when it becomes a full, solid adult bone.

Your esophagus squeezes food with steady, strong muscle waves — usually gentle, but it can really flex in rare cases!

Your body makes different amounts of blood cells depending on what you need – like when you’re sick or exercising!

Every day, your esophagus helps your body swallow up to around 900 times — more than the number of times you blink!