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Nina and the Neurons: Brilliant Bodies

Katrina Bryan

Kelly Harrison

Lewis Macleod

Patrice Naiambana

Siobhan Redmond

Sharon Small

Michael Prince

Ciaran Cruickshank

Jayne Henry

Nina and the Neurons: Brilliant Bodies: Episode 16: Scabs

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Scabs

Episode 16

Episode 16: Scabs

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Nina investigates what scabs are for, with the help of Luke, her sight neuron.

Scientist Nina and her young experimenters investigate the human body. Experimenters Megan, Oscar and Ross visit Nina in her lab and do an experiment with leaky buckets.

Nina investigates what scabs are for, with the help of Luke, her sight neuron. 

Experimenters Megan, Oscar and Ross visit Nina in her lab and do an experiment with leaky buckets. They discover that scabs form over cuts in skin to stop the blood from leaking out. Next, they go and play football on a grass pitch. Nina's heel damages the grass when she tries to save a goal. They discover that a special kind of material can be used to cover the damaged grass, protecting it while it grows back. Scabs help to protect damaged skin too, a bit like the body's own natural plaster. 

Back at the lab, they discover that scabs also do the important job of keeping nasty germs out of a cut. Germs can cause an infection and make people feel ill. Nina explains that this is one of the reasons why people shouldn't pick scabs, because then they could become infected.

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Scientist Nina and her young experimenters investigate our bodies.

Scientist Nina and her young experimenters investigate our bodies and find out why they are brilliant.

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