Anatomy

Anatomy Articles

• Appendix

  

  from Fearfully & Wonderfully Made Cards

  The appendix plays an important role in helping your body fight diseases.

• Blood

  

  from Fearfully & Wonderfully Made Cards

  Scientists are discovering what our Creator has known from the beginning—your blood is an important part of life.

• Brain

  

  from Fearfully & Wonderfully Made Cards

  Your brain is made up of billions of little cells called neurons.

• Ear

  

  from Fearfully & Wonderfully Made Cards

  The same God who designed your ears also hears you when you pray to him.

• Eye

  

  from Fearfully & Wonderfully Made Cards

  Much like a camera, your eyes help you to see the world around you.

• Heart

  

  from Fearfully & Wonderfully Made Cards

  Your heart pumps about 2,000 gallons of blood through your body each day!

• Hypothalamus

  

  from Fearfully & Wonderfully Made Cards

  How does your body know to stay at that temperature when it’s really hot or cold outside?

• Lungs

  

  from Fearfully & Wonderfully Made Cards

  Your lungs help you get oxygen from the air and pass waste gases out of your body.

• Muscles

  

  from Fearfully & Wonderfully Made Cards

  Skeletal muscles attach to your bones and move your skeleton.

• Nerves

  

  from Fearfully & Wonderfully Made Cards

  Millions of tiny “wires,” called nerves, run through your body.

• Over a Hundred Genes Responsible for Skin “Color”

  

  Jan. 31, 2024

  Human skin “color” is more complicated and complex than scientists previously thought.

• Brain Bond

  

  Jan. 1, 2024 from Kids Answers Magazine

  God created humans to have a relationship with him and relationships with each other.

• The Bone Phone

  

  Jan. 1, 2024

  God designed the body to communicate with itself to keep us in proper shape. He knows just what our bodies need.

• ’Tis the Season

  

  Oct. 1, 2023 from Kids Answers Magazine

  Why are colds, the flu, and other illnesses more common in the winter?

• Your Terrific Tongue

  

  Oct. 1, 2023 from Kids Answers Magazine

  Your tongue is an amazing tool specially designed by God to help you all day, every day, in a variety of ways.

• Felicity and Avery Star in Creation Museum Video

  

  May 17, 2023

  Watch this special video celebrating the love moms have for their children right from the moment that child is created in his or her mother’s womb.

• Move It!

  

  Jan. 1, 2023 from Kids Answers Magazine

  When God created the world, he gave humans stewardship (STOO-urd-ship) over his creation—and his creation includes you.

• New Studies Show Why Rest Is So Important

  

  Jan. 1, 2023, p. 20

  Several recent studies have shown that being well-rested makes a person more altruistic.

• The Robot in the Room

  

  Jan. 1, 2023 from Kids Answers Magazine

  Join Eva and Andy Wander as they travel the world with their parents—Dad, a geologist, and Mom, a nature photographer—exploring the wonders of God’s creation.

• Before Your Birthday

  

  Dec. 29, 2022 from Kids Answers Magazine

  We are each one of a kind! No one was exactly like you in the past, no one is exactly like you today, and no one will be exactly like you in the future.

• Playtime

  

  July 1, 2022 from Kids Answers Magazine

  Did you know that God designed you to play?

• Footwear Impressions

  

  July 1, 2022

  God made all people different in the way they walk, in their stride, and in their steps.

• Researchers Take a Long Look at Eye Design

  

  July 1, 2021

  Scientists are devising an artificial eye that rivals the capabilities of the human eye.

• Do You Smell That?

  

  Sept. 1, 2020

  Olfactory bulbs are the area of the brain where smells are processed. So someone lacking them shouldn’t be able to smell, right? Not necessarily.

• Secrets of the Heart

  

  March 1, 2020

  An international team of researchers has discovered that the human heart produces unique “mini-proteins” that play a role in the heart’s energy production.

• You’re One of a Kind

  

  Jan. 1, 2020 from Kids Answers Magazine

  From your tongue to your walk to your smell, you truly are unique. How? Glad you asked!

• A Hundred Billion Microcomputers in Your Head

  

  Sept. 1, 2019

  Neuroscientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have discovered that human brain cells have very different electrical properties from those of other creatures.

• Nimble Neanderthals

  

  July 1, 2019

  It stands to reason that Neanderthals would have the same precision grips that we have today because they were humans just as we are, descended from Adam.

• Of Mice and Marathoners

  

  July 1, 2019

  Why are long-distance runners so good at what they do? Evolutionary researchers say they have found the secret: a “broken” gene.

• Ouch!

  

  July 1, 2019

  Scientists have spotted something magnificent in scallop eyes.

• Heroes of Your Health

  

  May 1, 2019 from Kids Answers Magazine

  Our world may be a cursed place, but God is still very good. He didn’t leave us defenseless against the nasty noroviruses or the attack of sneaky salmonella.

• Complex Shape Found in Cells

  

  May 1, 2019

  Some cells in your body appear to employ a surprisingly complex geometric shape to build things.

• Sick Squad: Level One

  

  May 1, 2019 from Kids Answers Magazine

  Even before you get sick, these unsung defenders kick into action to help keep the bad germs out.

• Sick Squad: Level Three

  

  May 1, 2019 from Kids Answers Magazine

  Sadly, in our fallen world, your level one and level two defenders sometimes fail to keep you healthy.

• Sick Squad: Level Two

  

  May 1, 2019 from Kids Answers Magazine

  If some bad guys manage to slip past your outer defenses, God gave you a second layer of protection to turn the tide.

• Lizards on Lava

  

  Jan. 1, 2019 from Answers Magazine

  Scientists studying a species in the Mojave Desert, known as side-blotched lizards, have learned that individual lizards can change coloring within a few weeks.

• Cancer Glasses

  

  Jan. 1, 2019

  Glasses that imitate insects’ vision promise to help surgeons detect cancer cells. The glasses incorporate a camera inspired by morpho butterflies’ eyes.

• Interstitium—Hiding in Plain Sight

  

  Jan. 1, 2019

  Surely, with all the advances in the study of human anatomy, an organ couldn’t avoid detection. Yet biologists think they’ve discovered a new one.

• Not So Useless After All

  

  Sept. 1, 2018

  If it’s impossible to live without your heart, why doesn’t taking out other organs kill you?

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• Viruses Keep You Healthy

  

  Sept. 1, 2018

  Your body contains more than 150 trillion viruses and absorbs about 30 billion viruses a day. That’s what a recent study suggests. Feeling sick yet?

• Toetally Awesome

  

  Nov. 1, 2017

  Toes are the unsung heroes of human motion. The important jobs they do every day highlight God’s careful design.

• How Did People Get Different Skin Colors?

  

  Aug. 24, 2017 from The Answers Book for Kids: Volume 6

  As the population split up and people left Babel by their family groups, different characteristics like the many skin shades ended up in the various groups.

• What About Those Embryos?

  

  Sept. 12, 2016 from Museum Guide

  Most museums now recognize that the human embryo does not pass through various evolutionary stages, known as embryonic recapitulation.

• Is Our Blood Similar to Sea Water?

  

  Jan. 4, 2016 from Museum Guide

  The claim that the composition of blood is similar to sea water is based on the assumption that life came from the ocean.

• The Eyes Have It

  

  Nov. 17, 2015

  Our eyes are incredibly well made and complex.

• The Eyes Have It Test

  

  Nov. 4, 2015

  Our eyes are incredibly well made and complex.

• Hand It to You

  

  Aug. 24, 2015

  We use our hands to work, and God gave us amazing hands; different hands than the hands animals have.

• Best Buds

  

  Aug. 17, 2015

  It’s fun to experiment with how our tongues work, but what’s most important about our tongues is what kind of words come off them.

• Heart-to-Heart

  

  Aug. 10, 2015

  The heart is a very powerful pump and pushes the blood out into your body with a lot of force.

• Good Vibrations

  

  Aug. 3, 2015

  Being able to hear sounds is really an amazing creation of God!