Synopsis
Psychologist Kimberley Wilson and Dr Xand van Tulleken take a journey around the human body. In this episode, it's the turn of the backbone, the vertebrae… the spine!
- Programme: Made of Stronger Stuff
- Episode: The Spine
- Channel: BBC Radio 4
- Broadcast year: 2021
- Biology | Organisation | Skeletal and muscular systems | The skeleton
Licence: ERA Licence required
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Staff and students of licensed education establishments only
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