Author: miles

The brain is made up of millions of nerve cells, and is part of the nervous system. It is shaped like a mushroom, and the ‘cap’ is called the cerebrum, with a very folded surface. The cerebrum receives messages from…

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Although Tanno and Iguda enter the eye from the back, light enters the eye from the front. Image credit: SOMSO® model from Adam,Rouilly This model shows how the whole eyeball sits inside the eye socket. There are muscles around the…

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The undigested food is moved by peristalsis from the small intestine and into the large intestine. Water is absorbed back into the body in the colon, and what is left is stored in the rectum, the lower part of the…

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The pancreas has two very important (and very different) jobs. One of these is to make digestive enzymes, which are released down a tube called the pancreatic duct into the small intestine. This is the opening Tanno and Iguda first…

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Tanno and Iguda are lucky enough to see how the body defends itself against pathogens. These are microorganisms that can cause disease, and bacteria are an example. The explorers watch a phagocyte, a type of white blood cell, recognise that…

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Tanno and Iguda managed to navigate the Microwidget out of Professor Wendy through a pore in her skin in a droplet of sweat. As they fell towards the ground, they were saved by re-enlarging the sub to full size in…

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