Health and the human body, explained visually
Your body runs thousands of processes every second without asking for your attention: the heart pumping about five litres of blood a minute, the kidneys filtering it, the immune system checking every cell it meets, hormones rising and falling through the day. Understanding how these systems work makes health advice make sense — why sleep matters, why blood pressure is measured, why antibiotics don't work on a cold. Know.it's health lessons animate the body from the inside so you can see it happen.
Browse free explainers on the major organ systems (heart and circulation, lungs, digestion, kidneys, brain and nerves), the immune system and vaccines, hormones and sleep, nutrition — calories, vitamins, cholesterol — and how medical tools like MRI scans, X-rays and anaesthesia work. Every card opens a short written explanation. Visual lessons can be requested using available credits or plan allowance.
These lessons are for understanding and general education only; they are not medical advice, so always talk to a doctor about your own health. Ask any health question and learn in English, Hindi, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, Hinglish and Minglish, depending on your plan and selected lesson options.
What is…? Health explainers
Free written definitions, key facts and FAQs
What is the immune system?
What is blood pressure?
What is the circulatory system?
What is sleep and why do we need it?
What is nutrition?
What is cholesterol?
What is a hormone?
What are antibiotics?
What is the nervous system?
What is metabolism?
What is a calorie?
What is serotonin?
How does it work? Health step by step
The mechanism, one step at a time
How does the heart pump blood?
How does a vaccine work?
How does digestion work?
How does the brain work?
How does sleep work?
How does the immune system work?
How does the eye work?
How do antibiotics work?
How does blood pressure work?
How does cholesterol affect your body?
How does caffeine work?
How does the nervous system work?
Health comparisons
Commonly confused ideas, side by side
Virus vs. Bacteria: What's the Difference?
Antibody vs. Antigen: What's the Difference?
Serotonin vs. Dopamine: What's the Difference?
Protein vs. Carbohydrate: What's the Difference?
Enzyme vs. Hormone: What's the Difference?
Prokaryotic Cells vs. Eukaryotic Cells: What's the Difference?
Arteries vs. Veins: What's the Difference?
Antibiotics vs. Antivirals: What's the Difference?
Key areas of health
Where to start, and what each area covers.
The heart and circulation
How the heart pumps, what blood pressure numbers mean and how cholesterol affects arteries.
The brain and nervous system
How neurons signal, how reflexes work and how the brain controls the body.
Immunity and vaccines
How your body recognises germs and how vaccines train it safely in advance.
Digestion and nutrition
How food becomes energy, and what calories, carbohydrates and vitamins actually do.
Hormones and sleep
Cortisol, melatonin and the circadian rhythm — the chemical clock behind energy and rest.
Medicine and diagnostics
How antibiotics, painkillers, MRI scans and X-rays work.

