Broken Bones

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1:00:05 > 1:00:08# If you've got a question and you don't know where to go

1:00:08 > 1:00:11# Ask Nina for some help Cos she's got a science show

1:00:11 > 1:00:15# She makes sense of her senses While helping all her fans

1:00:15 > 1:00:17# By doing her experiments with potions and bangs

1:00:17 > 1:00:19- # Touch your tongue - Tongue!

1:00:19 > 1:00:20- # Fingers - Fingers!

1:00:20 > 1:00:23- # Eyes.- Eyes! - Ears.- Ears!- Nose.- Nose!

1:00:23 > 1:00:26# Nina and the Neurons find out what you need to know

1:00:26 > 1:00:29# Nina and the Neurons find out what you need to know

1:00:29 > 1:00:32# Luke, he helps us with our eyes and Felix with our touch

1:00:32 > 1:00:36# Ollie sniffs out smells and scents And Belle, she hears so much

1:00:36 > 1:00:38# Bud is Ollie's brother He helps us with our taste

1:00:38 > 1:00:41# They're Nina's little Neurons And they're coming to your place!

1:00:41 > 1:00:43- # Touch your tongue - Tongue!

1:00:43 > 1:00:44- # Fingers - Fingers!

1:00:44 > 1:00:47- # Eyes.- Eyes! - Ears.- Ears!- Nose.- Nose!

1:00:47 > 1:00:51# Nina and the Neurons find out what you need to know

1:00:51 > 1:00:53# Nina and the Neurons find out what you need to know

1:00:53 > 1:00:55# Oh, yeah! #

1:00:55 > 1:00:59Oh, hello there. I'm just moving Mr Skeleton.

1:00:59 > 1:01:04Did you know that the human body has more than 200 bones in it?

1:01:04 > 1:01:07That's a lot of bones to look after. Gently does it.

1:01:07 > 1:01:10- There. - BEEPING

1:01:10 > 1:01:13I hear a beep, I see a flash. I wonder what they're going to ask.

1:01:15 > 1:01:19- BOTH: Hi, Nina. - Hello!

1:01:19 > 1:01:22We've got a question for you.

1:01:22 > 1:01:25How do broken bones get better?

1:01:25 > 1:01:29That's a great question, "How do broken bones get better?"

1:01:29 > 1:01:32I'd love to know the answer to that. So would Mr Skeleton.

1:01:32 > 1:01:36Why don't you come down to my lab? We'll experiment and investigate.

1:01:36 > 1:01:40- BOTH: See you soon, Nina. Bye. - Bye.

1:01:40 > 1:01:43I'm going to need some help to answer this one,

1:01:43 > 1:01:45and I know just who to ask.

1:01:45 > 1:01:47OK, neurons. Time to get to work.

1:02:04 > 1:02:07ALL: Neurons at the ready, Nina.

1:02:07 > 1:02:11OK, today's question is, "How do broken bones get better?"

1:02:11 > 1:02:14Which neuron would be most useful in helping us find the answer?

1:02:14 > 1:02:17ALL: Me! Me! Me!

1:02:17 > 1:02:19Will it be fabulous Felix?

1:02:19 > 1:02:24I can help so very much if you need the sense of touch.

1:02:24 > 1:02:26Will it be beautiful Belle?

1:02:26 > 1:02:30I send messages to brain from ear, if there's sound, I help you hear.

1:02:30 > 1:02:32Will it be lovely Luke?

1:02:32 > 1:02:34For looking and seeing, day or night,

1:02:34 > 1:02:36I'll help you with your sense of sight.

1:02:36 > 1:02:41- Will it be awesome Ollie? - If it's whiffy but you can't tell,

1:02:41 > 1:02:43my messages help your sense of smell.

1:02:43 > 1:02:45Or will it be baby Bud?

1:02:45 > 1:02:48Sour, salty, bitter or sweet,

1:02:48 > 1:02:50I'm your taste buddy whenever you eat.

1:02:53 > 1:02:55- Oh!- It's Felix!

1:02:55 > 1:02:57CHEERING

1:02:57 > 1:03:02ALL: Go, Felix! Go, Felix! Go, Felix! Go, Felix!

1:03:02 > 1:03:05Go, Felix! Go, Felix!

1:03:05 > 1:03:09Marvellous. A little touch can mean so much, Nina.

1:03:09 > 1:03:13Today's question is, "How do broken bones get better?"

1:03:13 > 1:03:15Because we can feel if a bone is broken,

1:03:15 > 1:03:18Felix, our touch neuron will help me today.

1:03:18 > 1:03:21I need to get the lab ready before the experimenters arrive.

1:03:24 > 1:03:27Jack likes pirates and Cei likes planting seeds,

1:03:27 > 1:03:31but they both want to know how broken bones get better.

1:03:31 > 1:03:36So today, for one day only, Jack and Cei become the experimenters!

1:03:38 > 1:03:41- Hi, guys. - BOTH: Hi, Nina.

1:03:41 > 1:03:45Welcome to my science lab. It's lovely to see you.

1:03:45 > 1:03:49Your question was, "How do broken bones get better?" Great question.

1:03:49 > 1:03:51Why do you want to know?

1:03:51 > 1:03:55My cousin broke his arm but now it's better.

1:03:55 > 1:03:57We want to know how it got better.

1:03:57 > 1:03:59I'm glad your cousin's OK.

1:03:59 > 1:04:03I think we need to investigate to find out more about bones.

1:04:03 > 1:04:06For our first experiment, we're going to use our senses.

1:04:06 > 1:04:11ALL: Whoop-whoo! A senses experiment! We're ready, Nina.

1:04:11 > 1:04:16Each of us has hundreds of bones inside us, just like Mr Skeleton.

1:04:16 > 1:04:20All of these bones inside of us help us to stand up straight

1:04:20 > 1:04:24and get around and move objects.

1:04:24 > 1:04:29The bones in Mr Skeleton's chest look just like a cage.

1:04:29 > 1:04:34Yes, Luke. That's because some bones, like our ribs,

1:04:34 > 1:04:37are there to protect soft parts of our body.

1:04:37 > 1:04:39I have some pretend bones here.

1:04:39 > 1:04:42I'd like you guys to use your sense of sight

1:04:42 > 1:04:45to match them to bones on Mr Skeleton.

1:04:45 > 1:04:48- Can you do that? - BOTH: Yes, Nina.

1:04:52 > 1:04:55- NINA GASPS - Yeah, you're right.

1:04:55 > 1:04:58It's a thigh bone. Very good. OK, Jack,

1:04:58 > 1:05:03do you want to have a try with one of your bones?

1:05:05 > 1:05:10Ho-ho! Well done! That was very quick, excellent.

1:05:10 > 1:05:14That's the hip bone. Very good. Cei, your turn again.

1:05:16 > 1:05:18Oh!

1:05:20 > 1:05:23That's right, it's a kneecap. Well done.

1:05:23 > 1:05:26Oh, the last one. Where do you think it goes?

1:05:26 > 1:05:28Erm...

1:05:30 > 1:05:32I think it's one of...

1:05:32 > 1:05:37That's right! It's our calf bone. Super work, guys.

1:05:37 > 1:05:41Now I would like you to use your sense of touch

1:05:41 > 1:05:45to describe how the bones feel. Pick up a bone.

1:05:45 > 1:05:50- Does it feel hard or bendy? - BOTH: Hard.

1:05:50 > 1:05:53Yeah, the bones feel really hard and strong, don't they?

1:05:53 > 1:05:56- To prove it, listen. - BANG!

1:05:56 > 1:05:58Sounds hard to me, Nina.

1:05:58 > 1:06:01It is, Belle. Bones are very hard and strong,

1:06:01 > 1:06:04because of something called calcium.

1:06:04 > 1:06:07If bones didn't have calcium in them,

1:06:07 > 1:06:11they'd be all bendy... Oh! ..like this toy bone.

1:06:11 > 1:06:15Ha-ha! Do you think it would be a good or bad thing

1:06:15 > 1:06:17to have bendy, rubbery bones?

1:06:17 > 1:06:20- BOTH: A bad thing. - Yeah.

1:06:20 > 1:06:24We need hard, strong bones so we can stand up and move around.

1:06:24 > 1:06:29And we get calcium from eating foods like fruit and vegetables,

1:06:29 > 1:06:33cheese and milk, so it's important to eat plenty of calcium foods.

1:06:33 > 1:06:37- Yes! I love those foods! - Glad to hear it, Bud.

1:06:37 > 1:06:41We still don't know how broken bones get better.

1:06:41 > 1:06:45To find out more, we need to visit a place where people work

1:06:45 > 1:06:48with bones all the time, so let's go!

1:06:51 > 1:06:54I wonder where Nina is taking us.

1:06:54 > 1:06:59Nina said it's a place where people work with bones all the time.

1:06:59 > 1:07:03Better sharpen your senses, neurons. We're here.

1:07:04 > 1:07:08OK, experimenters. I've brought you to this hospital

1:07:08 > 1:07:11to learn about how broken bones get better.

1:07:11 > 1:07:13This is the person to help us - Dr Jones.

1:07:13 > 1:07:16- Hello, Nina, experimenters. - BOTH: Hi.

1:07:16 > 1:07:20- Tell us about bones. - Bones are amazing.

1:07:20 > 1:07:23They're one of the strongest things in nature.

1:07:23 > 1:07:25Sometimes, they still break.

1:07:25 > 1:07:29bones are strong, but they can sometimes break

1:07:29 > 1:07:31if we have an accident like falling off our bike.

1:07:31 > 1:07:34Don't worry, it doesn't happen often.

1:07:34 > 1:07:38When people break a bone, they come to a hospital to get it fixed.

1:07:38 > 1:07:41This picture is called an X-ray,

1:07:41 > 1:07:44which shows us the bones inside our bodies.

1:07:44 > 1:07:49You can see where this bone has broken. We call that a fracture.

1:07:49 > 1:07:52- A what-ture?- A fracture, Bud.

1:07:52 > 1:07:55A break in a bone is called a fracture. OK, experimenters.

1:07:55 > 1:08:00Let's see if we can spot a fracture on a different X-ray.

1:08:02 > 1:08:05- Can you see where it is, guys? - Yes, Nina. There it is.

1:08:05 > 1:08:07That's right. Thanks, Dr Jones.

1:08:07 > 1:08:10You're welcome, Nina. Bye!

1:08:10 > 1:08:12ALL: Bye!

1:08:12 > 1:08:15So we've learned that bones are strong but can break

1:08:15 > 1:08:18if we have an accident or fall over, and when a bone breaks,

1:08:18 > 1:08:20it's called a fracture.

1:08:23 > 1:08:25Do you see what that lady has on her arm?

1:08:25 > 1:08:30- My cousin had one of those. - It's called a cast.

1:08:30 > 1:08:33When someone has a fracture, a doctor often puts a cast

1:08:33 > 1:08:36around the outside of the broken bone to help it get better.

1:08:36 > 1:08:40- Excuse me, do you mind if we touch your cast?- OK, Nina.

1:08:40 > 1:08:43Let's have a wee feel.

1:08:43 > 1:08:47- Feels very hard to me, Nina. - That's right, Felix.

1:08:47 > 1:08:52How does this hard cast help a broken bone to get better?

1:08:52 > 1:08:55I've got an experiment back at the lab that will help us find out.

1:08:55 > 1:08:57- Let's go. - BOTH: Yay!

1:08:59 > 1:09:04OK, in front of you there, we have three pretend bones.

1:09:04 > 1:09:07As you can see, they're all broken into two pieces.

1:09:07 > 1:09:09Now, experimenters, I'd like you to help me

1:09:09 > 1:09:13put these bones back together and see if we can make them match.

1:09:13 > 1:09:15OK, find the match.

1:09:17 > 1:09:22Do they match? No? Oh, do those match? Yay!

1:09:22 > 1:09:25- Excellent! - NINA GIGGLES

1:09:25 > 1:09:26You hold onto that one.

1:09:26 > 1:09:29Hold it carefully in the middle. Let's see what we can do.

1:09:29 > 1:09:32Do you want to hold them up? Do they match?

1:09:32 > 1:09:33- Yeah.- Yay!

1:09:33 > 1:09:36So it must be these ones.

1:09:37 > 1:09:39Hey! Excellent work, guys.

1:09:39 > 1:09:43Now, when a real bone breaks, the two pieces

1:09:43 > 1:09:47need to fit back together perfectly for the bone to heal properly.

1:09:47 > 1:09:50Healing means when something gets all better again.

1:09:50 > 1:09:54But how do bones get better, Nina?

1:09:54 > 1:09:56Well, our bodies make a special substance

1:09:56 > 1:10:00that's a bit like this glue, and it sticks the bones back

1:10:00 > 1:10:03together again when they've been broken.

1:10:03 > 1:10:07In fact, why don't we put some glue on the jagged ends of our bones

1:10:07 > 1:10:09and see if we can stick them together?

1:10:18 > 1:10:21So when broken bones start sticking back together,

1:10:21 > 1:10:25it's calcium that helps make the bone grow hard again.

1:10:25 > 1:10:29That means they can grow nice and strong so they're as good as new.

1:10:29 > 1:10:32OK. How are you getting on, guys?

1:10:32 > 1:10:37I'm going to try and put mine together now. Fantastic.

1:10:37 > 1:10:40But for the pieces to stick together,

1:10:40 > 1:10:43we need the glue to become hard, which is called setting.

1:10:43 > 1:10:48That only happens properly when the pieces stay perfectly still,

1:10:48 > 1:10:51and that's the same with broken bones.

1:10:51 > 1:10:56- Mmm.- That's like the cast we touched at the hospital, Nina.

1:10:56 > 1:10:57Yes it is, Felix.

1:10:57 > 1:11:02A cast holds a broken bone perfectly still while the fracture sets.

1:11:02 > 1:11:07We are going to make our very own cast. OK.

1:11:07 > 1:11:11Take a strip of this wet special material.

1:11:11 > 1:11:15Great. Now we're going to wrap it tightly around our fracture.

1:11:21 > 1:11:26This is going to dry really quickly, setting hard.

1:11:26 > 1:11:27Ah, there!

1:11:27 > 1:11:29- BANG! - Ho-ho-ho!

1:11:29 > 1:11:32Our hard cast is helping our pretend bones

1:11:32 > 1:11:35to stay still while they're sticking back together.

1:11:35 > 1:11:37- BANG! - Ha-ha!

1:11:40 > 1:11:44So your question was, "How do broken bones get better?"

1:11:44 > 1:11:48I think we've answered it. We've found out bones are hard and strong

1:11:48 > 1:11:50because of something called calcium.

1:11:50 > 1:11:54We get calcium from foods like fruit and vegetables and cheese and milk.

1:11:54 > 1:11:57If a bone breaks, it's called a fracture,

1:11:57 > 1:12:01and a doctor uses a special X-ray photograph

1:12:01 > 1:12:02to see the fracture

1:12:02 > 1:12:06and then put a cast around the outside of the broken bone

1:12:06 > 1:12:09so that it keeps the bone straight and still.

1:12:09 > 1:12:13This helps the bone join back together, which is called setting.

1:12:13 > 1:12:17Our bodies make a special substance that's a bit like glue

1:12:17 > 1:12:21that helps the bone stick back together.

1:12:21 > 1:12:24Then calcium makes the bone strong again, as good as new.

1:12:24 > 1:12:26I hope that answered your question.

1:12:26 > 1:12:29BOTH: Thanks, Nina. Bye!

1:12:29 > 1:12:32- Bye! - NINA GIGGLES

1:12:34 > 1:12:38If you want to find out more about the science all around us,

1:12:38 > 1:12:42go to the Nina section on the CBeebies website. Have fun!

1:12:42 > 1:12:47- Hearts beating.- Lungs breathing. - Fingers feeling.- Mouths eating.

1:12:47 > 1:12:49And don't forget your brain.

1:12:49 > 1:12:52# Brilliant bodies, brilliant bodies

1:12:52 > 1:12:54# Inside and out

1:12:54 > 1:12:57# Brilliant bodies, brilliant bodies

1:12:57 > 1:12:59# Come on, let's find out about

1:12:59 > 1:13:02# Our happy hands and bendy knees

1:13:02 > 1:13:05# Stretchy backs And noses that sneeze

1:13:05 > 1:13:09- # We all have brilliant bodies - Brilliant bodies!

1:13:09 > 1:13:12# Every part has a job to do

1:13:12 > 1:13:15# Even scabs and ear wax too

1:13:15 > 1:13:19- # We all have brilliant bodies - Brilliant bodies

1:13:19 > 1:13:23# Brilliant bodies, brilliant bodies

1:13:23 > 1:13:25# Lashes to protect our eyes

1:13:25 > 1:13:28# Brilliant bodies, brilliant bodies

1:13:28 > 1:13:30# And don't forget to exercise. #

1:13:31 > 1:13:34I've had a brilliant day,

1:13:34 > 1:13:38especially hearing how hard the bone was because of calcium.

1:13:38 > 1:13:42Ah, it's been such a great day, man.

1:13:42 > 1:13:46Seeing the broken bones in the X-ray pictures was amazing.

1:13:46 > 1:13:50It's been a marvellous day. That cast felt really hard.

1:13:50 > 1:13:53The bones should stick back together in no time.

1:13:53 > 1:13:56And remember, everyone's body is different,

1:13:56 > 1:13:59but they're all brilliant. See you again soon. Bye!

1:13:59 > 1:14:01ALL: Bye-bye!