What are those dog ears doing on my heart? Ancient anatomists named body parts after things they resembled in real life. So you've got a rooster... The hipbone's connected to the leg bone, connected ...

Take a look at your body. All the parts you can see, as well as all those on the inside, have been given a name at some point in history. There are plenty of descriptive, fairly innocuous names. But ...

It is important to teach your kids the anatomically correct names of their body parts as early as possible. Your son has a penis, not a “wee-wee.” Your daughter has a vulva, not “ladybits.” There are ...

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