Professor Hallux: The Human Body Podcast For Kids

New medicines are being created all the time Professor Hallux and Nurse Nanobot find out that it can be a long process and cost a lot of money but that’s because safety is important. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Professor Hallux and Nanbot learn that preventing disease is as important as curing it, and there are lots of ways to do this.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Reactive medicines are drugs which make something happen or stop something happening in the body. Professor Hallux and Nanbot explore Magic Bullets and Magic Shotguns.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Body is feeling unwell. Professor Hallux and Nurse Nanobot are rummaging for a cure in the medicine cabinet.  But the medicines they find don’t seem to do the job.  Maybe they haven’t been stored properly or perhaps are just too old?  Hallux sets to work inventing something new. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hallux and Nanobot have learned heaps about physiology – they talk about the history of physiology and some of the jobs people do in this field of science. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Touch, sight, hearing, taste, smell – our bodies have to do all sorts of jobs to enable us to sense the world around us. Professor Hallux thinks it might be possible to improve on how we do this – with some help from Smigeon, the prizewinning miniature carrier pigeon. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The urinary system does a lot of jobs to help our bodies filter out waste. Professor Hallux thinks his Biofiltration Extrapolator might be an improvement.  But can it do everything our urinary system does? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

There are around 200 different types of cells in a human body, all with different jobs to do.  Professor Hallux thinks he’s designed a better solution that can do all the jobs – but what jobs are they? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Professor Hallux has decided that his new mobile phone is so clever, it would do a great job as a human brain.  But what jobs does a brain do anyway? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Muscles do a number of really important jobs in our bodies. But Professor Hallux thinks he can invent an improved set of muscles.  But will they do all the jobs that muscles have to do?  And what are those jobs anyway? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Skin does a lot of jobs – keeping our bodies together, protecting us and helping keep cool.  Professor Hallux thinks he can jazz up the body and that leopard print wrapping paper might be just the job.  Although will it do all the jobs that skin does? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Professor Hallux has a crack at making a new and improved digestive system.  There is certainly a lot to chew on, as the Professor learns more about the jobs this important system does. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hearts do a number of very important jobs to keep us alive. Professor Hallux is looking to see if he can create an improved heart.  But will it do all the jobs that the heart has to do?  And what are those jobs anyway? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Professor Hallux has invented a new and improved skeleton – the Turbo Titan Skeletronoptic 5000.  It might look good but can it do all the jobs our bones do?  And anyway, what ARE the jobs our bones do? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Head injuries are a common reason for people to receive a scan in a Radiology department. Learn all about head injuries, what happens and how hospitals treat them!  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Learn all about CT scans in the hospital – what they do, how they work and why they're so important!  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

MRI scans are a special scan used in medicine that uses magnets. Hallux and Nanobot explain how MRI scans work and why they are so useful. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ultrasound is a really useful medical tool for seeing what’s going on inside our bodies. Listen to Nanobot and Hallux explain how ultrasound works and why echoes are so cool! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Listen to hear what happens when we break a bone – how we see what’s broken and why we use X-Rays! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Listen to hear more about the different radiology machines and how they are used to see what’s going on in the human body! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.