Kids Health: Your Anatomy

By: Step Up Your Anatomy

Human anatomy is the scientific study of the body’s structures. Some of these structures are very small and can only be observed and analysed with the assistance of a microscope. Other larger structures can readily be seen, manipulated, measured, and weighed. The word ‘anatomy’ comes from a Greek root that means ‘to cut apart’. How well do you know yourself? And by that, we mean your body! Can you guess which makes for the heaviest organ in your body? Before we do that, match each organ to its correct position. Then, guess the top five heaviest organs in your body, in order!

A.

Heart

C.

Brain

Lung

E.

Liver

Kidney

Skin

Top five heaviest human organs

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Note: The average human being carries about 10,750 grams of skin! By the way, your kidneys rate number six on the scale.

known as Persia, there lived a king named King Shahryar. One day, he found out that his wife betrayed him. In a fit of rage, he beheaded her and vowed to marry a noble lady every day, only to have her beheaded the next day.

As soon as the king had said that, he regretted his vow. That said, as a person of honour, he needed to keep it. Hence the king took a new wife every day, only to have her executed the next day.

After a while, the vizier, whose job was to find a new wife for the king every day, could not find eligible noblewomen anymore. The king then demanded the vizier’s daughter, Shahrazad.

The vizier was saddened and torn by the king’s request. But Shahrazad was a wise, young woman. She loved her father dearly and did not want to see her father suffer. She said to him, “Father, please let me go. Do not worry. I shall be safe for I have a plan.”

That night, before the king retired to his chambers, Shahrazad told the king that she wished to soothe his troubled mind with a story. He thought it was a strange request indeed, but the curious king consented.

Shahrazad began telling a tale of wonder and magic but ended the story at a cliffhanger as soon as the sun started to

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By: Step Up rise. The king was enthralled by the story that he spared her life for one night as he wanted to know how the story ended.

On the second night, Shahrazad ended the tale, but she offered another one – one that was better than the first. Once again, the king was spellbound by the account and spared Shahrazad’s life for another night so that she could complete her tale.

On the third night, Shahrazad did the same thing again. She continued to do so for 1,001 nights, telling the king 1,000 stories which formed the Arabian Nights. On the final night, Shahrazad completed her last tale. She did not leave a cliffhanger in her story.

King Shahryar broke down and wept when he realised this. For you see, he had fallen in love with Shahrazad, but he did not wish to break his vow.

The gentle Shahrazad told the king that wicked vows must not be kept and asked him to spare her life to show that he was a good king. King Shahryar agreed, and Shahrazad soon became his queen. The king had been made wiser from the stories told by Shahrazad.