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  • KidsHealth presents 'How The Body Works', with Chloe

  • and the Nurb.

  • Oh my gosh!

  • Oh my gosh!

  • Oh my gosh!

  • Nurb!

  • Nurb!

  • Nurb!

  • They're here!

  • Oh, Chloe!

  • What a pleasant surprise to see you here.

  • The oranges in my garden are finally ripe.

  • Oh, sunshine and goodness.

  • I brought you one.

  • Those look glorious, but I -- I couldn't.

  • All you have to do is peel it.

  • But I can't peel it.

  • [screaming sound effect]

  • Nurb, you've been biting your nails again.

  • I can't help it Chloe, especially when I'm nervous,

  • excited, or just bored.

  • It's OK, a lot of people bite their nails.

  • A lot of Nurbs, too, I guess.

  • What should I do?

  • I wonder if you might stop biting your nails

  • if you knew more about these useful little tools attached

  • to the end of our fingers.

  • I happen to know a lot about nails.

  • Teach it Chloe!

  • Well, first, we need a model.

  • [whistles]

  • Nice model.

  • Yes, very nice.

  • My -- my nails!

  • Nurb, control yourself.

  • This is your chance to get to know your nails

  • in a friendly non-biting way.

  • [grunting]

  • OK.

  • Now, let's meet the parts of the nails.

  • The nail starts at the nail root,

  • just like my orange tree grows out of a tree root.

  • D'oh!

  • What's that?

  • That's the cuticle.

  • It's a bit of skin that protects the nail.

  • That sounds handy.

  • And fingery.

  • Yowza!

  • Oh, what's that?

  • It's beautiful.

  • That's the lunula.

  • It gets it name from the Latin word for moon, "luna."

  • Isn't that cool, Nurb?

  • [knawing]

  • Oh, whoops.

  • How did that happen?

  • [chuckling]

  • Silly me.

  • Anyways, ain't no thing.

  • I can quit whenever I want.

  • It's just such a -- a nice nail.

  • Well, getting to know the nail clearly didn't work.

  • Let's try something I like to call,

  • (SPOOKY VOICE) Chloe scare tactic.

  • [howling wolf]

  • Think of all the things you touch in a day --

  • dirt from the ground, animals you pet, your dirty gym socks.

  • [screaming woman]

  • When you bite your nails, all those germs get into your mouth

  • and can make you sick.

  • What?

  • What else can happen?

  • When you bite your nails, you can get a hang nail

  • or tear the skin.

  • Aw -- oh no!

  • That's not all.

  • You can also get a paronychia!

  • Fancy word.

  • That's another name for a painful and icky infection

  • around one of your nails.

  • Fingernail, please forgive me.

  • I'm so sorry I've bit, nibbled, and chewed on you.

  • I'll never ever do it again.

  • I'll do anything to win you back.

  • Can you ever forgive me?

  • Oh, thank you!

  • Thank you!

  • I don't know why I did what I did.

  • I -- I love you.

  • OK, Nurb.

  • You have learned well.

  • Ready for your test?

  • As ready as I'll ever be.

  • You did it, Nurb!

  • How does victory taste?

  • Woo-hoo!

  • Yes!

  • Mm, like sweet sunshine, and goodness, and respect.

KidsHealth presents 'How The Body Works', with Chloe

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