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Hallux's Pathology Puzzles with the Royal College of Pathologists.

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Stop Crime Cop again.

Pathologists don't like to make mess, so it's not normally quite as dramatic as Time Cop Crime Stop.

Glad to hear it.

Professor Hallux's Pathology Puzzles with the Royal College of Pathologists.

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Now, we took a little look inside our body there, didn't we? With a question about cats and humans, whether we've got the same bones.

Well, we can learn a little bit more about what goes on inside us now with our biological body genius, Professor Hallux.

Professor Hallux's Happy Health Help Desk with support from the Wellcome Trust.

I've got a call.

Ahem.

Hallux's happy health help desk.

Hello, Professor Hallux.

Why do you get fluff in your belly button?

So there's a chapter in your book that kind of piqued my interest.

I think it is something like the big toe posture and the pelvic floor or something along those lines.

And People talk about all the time, oh, how the feet are related to the pelvic floor and how our feet mechanics are operating impact the pelvic floor and vice versa, or how your shoulders are positioned can impact pelvic floor and vice versa, which I love bringing this up to people.

And I also think it can be dangerous because it can paralyze people.

trying to analyze their posture and how everything is affecting everything.

And oh, my big toe does this.

And that means that my pelvic floor is too tight.

And again, I think it's important to understand and appreciate the relationship.

Now, with our questions this week, we learned all about fish, didn't we? Henry asked us the question, how do fish breathe? How do gills help them? We had marine biologist Helen Scales on.

And we're going to, well, be inspired by that and learn a bit more about how fish help us, really, with Professor Hallux, who's a genius.

He knows everything about your body and what really helps it work.

And, well, it turns out fish can play a brilliant part in that.

If you've got a question, make sure you send it over as a voice note to the free Fun Kids app.

You can do that at funkidslive.com too.

You heard from Professor Hallux a second ago.

We've got loads of fantastic episodes from him and different series that you can learn all about.

[suspenseful music] If you turn to the very first page of the first Scary Stories book, you'll be greeted with a title page.

But if you keep turning, and turning, and turning some more, [page turning] you'll find The Big Toe.

This was the story that Alvin Schwartz chose to start his collection with, and by the end of this episode, you'll understand why.

It begins with a little boy digging at the edge of his family's garden when he finds a big toe sticking out of the dirt.

Oh my God, did I scare you? I'm sorry.

I was just following the instructions.

For real, the story actually says here, "Jump at the person next to you and shout, 'You've got it.'" Now, The Big Toe story is actually just one in a long line of folktales that follow a similar premise.

Yeah, believe it or not, people all across Europe and beyond really enjoy telling stories about stealing from the dead, devouring their organs, and in some cases, eating feces.

Please exit.

So we looked inside your body with our brain box just now, didn't we? We can do that again, actually, with Professor Hallux, who is an absolute genius about everything that happens inside you, knows all about your organs.

This is from his Map of Medicine series, where he's having a look into what the hospital consultants are and what they do, and all about how they look into your heart.

Professor Hallux's Map of Medicine.

Where's this puddle coming from? Uh-oh.

Looks like we've sprung a leak, Professor.

It will come through.

I will do the digging and I will find a genius who can sort it out for you.

does, let us start with the foot.

Okay, what do we call the big toe?

The phrase is gong chon

sai.

Chan is leg or foot.

Tai is arm or hand.

So gan chan tai is big toe.

And gan tai tai is thumb.