The Naked Body, from the Naked Scientists

Our hearts are one of the hardest working organs we've got, but how do they work? Cardiologist Rohin Francis tells us how... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

Both the uterus and placenta are remarkable organs, but how do they work? Kirsty McIntyre and Emma Lofthouse fill us in...The placenta is the crucial link between the mother and developing foetus. It's an organ that performs all the functions that the unborn baby cannot do for itself, like getting oxygen, and nutrients. There's nothing for the unborn baby to eat or breathe, after all.The placenta begins to develop when the fertilised egg attaches to the wall of the mother's womb, or uterus, and will ultimately connect to the foetus through the umbilical cord.In the uterus, the growing foetus... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

Synapses sit between nerves, to send the message across. We couldn't function without them, but how do they work? Mark Dallas provided this answer... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

The spinal cord is the highway running down your back that sends messages up and down, but how does it work? David Parker sent us in this... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

What happens to the body when getting ready to bring a whole new person into the world? Lara Morley wrote us this answer... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

Why is your sense of balance centered in your ears? How come get dizzy always comes with nausea? Will Ashley-Fenn gives us a level argument... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

How does the microbiome work? We need all those little good bugs in our gut but what are they doing? Ruairí Robertson wrote us this answer... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

How does an object in front of you turn into an image in your brain? Adam Murphy brings us the details... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

Our brains run on electricity, but how does that electricity work to send messages around the body? Isabelle Cochrane gives us a tour of the body's information highways... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

How do we sweat, how do our exocrine glands work? Christof Schwiening is here to give us the details... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

Running a marathon, or just staying in a sauna? Rebecca Rendell tells us what that might be doing to you... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

What's going on when you reach out to pet a cat? How do you learn it's fuzzy? Lea Wegner fills us in... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

What happens in your lungs to get oxygen into the body and carbon dioxide out? Stefan Marciniak's helpful answer means we don't have to hold our breath... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

What happens the moment some food hits your tongue? How do you taste it, and how do you know what you've tasted? Hugh Matthews tells us... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

Going to space sounds like it would be really cool, but what would happen to your body when you're there? John Noone studies exactly this sort of thing... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

What happens throughout the body when you're losing blood, or haemorrhaging? James Fraser let's us know... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

Our sense of smell can conjure vivid images from the past, but how does it work? Elisa Galliano is here with the answer... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

Being sick is no fun, but what's your body doing while you feel awful? Viki Male has the answer... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

Ever climb a mountain and feel out of breath? What's going on there? Andrew Murray studies how the body deals with altitude... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

What is physiology, and how is it different to similar sciences like medicine or anatomy? Physiologist Matt Mason gives us the details... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists