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Anatomy.TV is your virtual anatomy & physiology study tool
Detailed 3D modeling of all structures
Rotate models 360 degrees and add or remove layers of anatomy
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In this episode, Dr. Roberts meets Graainne, a party girl and mum of two, who, at nearly 40 and with a family history of diabetes, is stressing her kidneys. Graainne visits the lab to discover more about the body's filtration system and helps dissect a kidney to see the internal workings for herself. Armed with the information, she finally plucks up the courage to take a diabetes test. Dr. Roberts also puts three rugby players through their paces...
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Ramachandran -- the "Marco Polo of neuroscience"-- reveals what baffling and extreme case studies can teach us about normal brain function and how it evolved. Among the topics he discusses are synesthesia as a window to creativity and autism as a springboard to understanding self-awareness.
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"Muscle tissue powers every heartbeat, blink, jog, jump, and goose bump. It is the force behind the most critical bodily functions, including digestion and childbirth, as well as extreme feats of athleticism. While most of our organs remain invisible to us, we can mold our muscles with exercise and observe the results. In this eye-opening book, orthopedic surgeon Roy A. Meals takes us on a wide-ranging journey through anatomy, biology, history, and...
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"Spotting a face in a crowd is easy. We can do it from almost any angle, up close or far away, in person or in a picture. We do it so often that we take it for granted. But object recognition, the neural process that enables us to find that face, is hard. Your brain is small and slow. It has neither the time nor the capacity to store and recall whole images of everything you see from every possible angle. Rather, brains work by figuring out what is...
72) The human body
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The Visual Guides series answers the most important questions on topics that fascinate everyone through a series of videos and animations: weather, the human body, the Earth, the universe and plants. It provides images of natural phenomena and explanations of fundamental concepts, and features the very latest discoveries in these areas.
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Mastering the essentials of anatomy, physiology, and even medical terminology has never been easier! Using simple, conversational language and vivid animations and illustrations, Structure & Function of the Body, 16th Edition walks readers through the normal structure and function of the human body and what the body does to maintain homeostasis.
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Just as daily events are timed by living creatures through circadian rhythms, so seasonal events are timed through an internal calendar that signals birds to return to nesting grounds, salmon to spawn, plants to flower, squirrels to hibernate, kelp to stop growing. Russell G. Foster and Leon Kreitzman draw on remarkable recent scientific advances to explain how seasonal change affects organisms, and how plants and animals over countless generations...
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"Written by a team of distinguished researchers, all past presidents of the American College of Sports Medicine, the seventh edition of Physiology of Sport and Exercise continues its legacy as a top physiology textbook. Updated information on exercise genomics, fatigue, mobility in aging, and overtraining and exercise addiction. New content on epigenetics, bioinformatics and neuromuscular function. Additional Research Perspectives emphasizing new...
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