Welcome to Disney's Magic of Storytelling podcast, brought to you by WakeMed Children's,

because inside every child is a story waiting to be told.

Our storyteller is ABC 11 news anchor John Clark.

Why? Over 1,111 answers to everything by Crispin Boyer.

Why do I have a heart?

Your body's engine, the heart pumps blood to every cell in your body.

Why do I have blood?

A mix of special cells and liquid plasma, blood delivers all the good stuff, oxygen, vitamins,

minerals, and chemicals called hormones to the cells in your body and carries away all the bad stuff,

carbon dioxide and other waste, for disposal.

Red blood cells transport oxygen while white blood cells fight infection.

Special cells called platelets seal the leak when blood vessels break, a process called clotting.

An oxygen-carrying protein called hemoglobin is what gives blood its red color. Why do I have lungs?

Each breath you inhale fills these balloon-like organs with oxygen, which is absorbed into your blood.

Each exhalation expels carbon dioxide waste from your blood.

Why do I have skin?

Skin holds your insides in and protects your tissues from ultraviolet radiation from the outside.

Skin is your body's largest organ. It's made of layers of cells that march to the surface

and flake off from friction. The outermost layer is entirely dead. Why do I have tonsils?

These two meatball-shaped masses of tissue at the back of your throat are part of your lymph system,

which includes a network of nodes that work like little security guards to battle infection.

Why do I have an appendix?

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