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Bones, Cartilage, and Joints
This program deals with bone structure in great detail, covering bones, bone growth and loss, the nature of fractures and the process of healing, the joints and their function, and the causes and effects of rheumatism and arthritis. (28 minutes)(more details) |
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The Heart
This program deals in considerable detail with the structure and function of the heart: the nature and function of the valves, blood pressure, the relationship to the lungs and breathing. It also deals with such disorders as arrhythmia, angina pector...(more details) |
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The Brain
This program begins by looking at the smallest unit of the brain, the nerve cell, explaining the relationship between these cells and such functions as seeing, hearing, and speaking. It shows how the cells are units that develop and change as they fo...(more details) |
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Muscles
Muscles enable us to build buildings, scale mountains, digest food, breathe-and live, for without the heart, which is muscle, nothing else in the body can function. This program shows what muscle tissue is and how different types of muscles operate i...(more details) |
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The Autonomic Nervous System
This program looks at the mechanisms that control, regulate, and coordinate the functions of glands and organs: the heart and blood vessels, the lungs and respiration, digestion, the regulation of body temperature, and a host of other unconscious but...(more details) |
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