Baby teeth are only temporary. But they are important – so please look after them.
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Your teeth started to grow even before you were born.
The red arrow points to the fabella.
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Some people have extra fingers, others have missing muscles.
I spy with my little eye…
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Pets, like guinea pigs, lead very different lives to humans – and that’s why they need very different eyes, too.
Nails help us scratch an itch, but also pick up tiny things.
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The short answer is we have evolved to have nails because they help us pick things up (like food) and pick things off (like bugs).
Right now, your kidneys are getting rid of all things your body does not need. They do this by ‘cleaning’ your blood.
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When my kidneys stopped working properly, my dad gave me one of his kidneys. Thanks, Dad.
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Clicking joints tend to run in families. Here’s what causes it.
We don’t all see the same.
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What colours we see depends not just on how things are in the world around us, but also on what happens in our eyes and our brains.
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Pins and needles are a warning to tell us to move our limbs about, because long-term nerve entrapment can cause permanent damage.
Children grow up to look somewhat like their parents.
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Every human carries an instruction booklet with a very special code, called DNA. Our eyes cannot read the code, but our bodies can. The code tells our body what to do and how to look.
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We don’t control our heart – it’s an involuntary muscle – but special pacemaker cells help keep it ticking away.
There’s a reason we apologise to our livers after a big night, and it’s not pretty.
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What is it that makes us feel drunk when we drink? And why do we keep drinking if it can make us feel so terrible?
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Many children in New Zealand grow up barefoot. Should all children follow this model?
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Flying plays havoc with people’s ears. But it’s a lot worse if your cabin suddenly loses pressure.
Both humans and animals experience these reflex responses.
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The loud noise might be a warning that there is something falling nearby, or flying towards you. Our brain tells our eyes to quickly shut, to help protect them from any damage.
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Does the heart really have cockles or heartstrings? An anatomist clears up some misconceptions…and lends credence to others.
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Basic anatomical knowledge can save lives.
Commemorations to honour those who have donated their bodies for the study of anatomy not only contain symbolic objects like candles and flowers, but also song and online tributes.
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We’ve come a long way since the dark days of grave robbing to provide bodies for dissection. Now, there are ceremonies and memorials to honour people who have donated their body to science.
Society has long treated people with extra limbs as anatomical oddities. But having an extra body part or organ is surprisingly common and many people don’t know they have them.
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Most people don’t know if they have a hidden extra organ. But they’re surprisingly common and often harmless.
How do they do while sleeping what we can barely do at all?
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These birds spend long periods, often asleep, standing on one leg. Is it passive biomechanics or active nervous system control of their muscles that allows them to do easily what’s impossible for us?
Would you want to be operated on by a surgeon whose only anatomy training was using virtual reality?
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Medical students are using virtual reality to help them learn anatomy. But is it the game changing technology some people say it is?