Human Body - Facts for Kids

Basic Information

The scientific name for earwax is cerumen, which comes from the Latin word “cera” meaning wax!

The word for blood in ancient Greek is ‘haima’, and in Latin it’s ‘sanguis’. Those old languages give us lots of science and medicine words—like hemoglobin (Greek root ‘hema’) and sanguineous (Latin root ‘sanguis’)!

A single drop of blood contains about 250 million red blood cells, which is more than the ~4,000 stars you can see in the darkest night sky!!

Basic Structure & Appearance

Your phalanges are the scientific name for the 56 bones that make up your fingers and toes — that’s like having a whole bag of building blocks in your hands and feet!

The muscles in your esophagus are like calm, tireless workers — they can do their job all day and night without getting tired!