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Open Stax: Anatomy & Physiology: Barrier Defenses and Innate Immune Response
Students use this module to learn about the barrier defenses and the immune defense functions of the human body.
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Open Stax: Anatomy & Physiology: Blood Typing
Students learn about the science behind blood typing, and the application of that typing as it relates to human blood transfusions.
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Open Stax: Anatomy & Physiology: Energy and Heat Balance
Learn how the human body regulates temperature and explain the significance of the metabolic rate.
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Open Stax: Anatomy & Physiology: Fertilization
Students learn about the fertilization process of an egg and sperm cell during human reproduction.
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Open Stax: Anatomy & Physiology: Structure and Function of Blood Vessels
Learn the structure and function of the blood vessels of the human cardiovascular system.
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Open Stax: Anatomy & Physiology: The Immune Response Against Pathogens
Students learn about the development of immunological competence, and find out about the human body's immune response.
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Open Stax: Anatomy & Physiology: The Lungs
Students learn the overall function of the human lungs, and then summarize the blood flow pattern associated with the lungs.
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Open Stax: Anatomy & Physiology: Transport of Gases
Students learn the principles of oxygen and carbon dioxide transport within the human body, and understand the structure of hemoglobin.
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Open Stax: Anatomy & Physiology: Gas Exchange
Students learn the steps of the gas exchange process that takes place during human respiration.
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Open Stax: Anatomy & Physiology: Modifications in Respiratory Functions
Students learn how the human respiratory system undergoes modifications when the conditions change. Included are the processes of hyperpnea, hyperventilation, and acclimatization.
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Open Stax: Anatomy & Physiology: Metabolic States of the Body
Students describe what defines each of the three metabolic states of the human body: the absorptive state, the postabsorptive state, and starvation.
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Open Stax: Anatomy & Physiology: Physical Characteristics of Urine
Students learn the chemical make-up and pH of urine in the human body.
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Open Stax: Anatomy & Physiology: Medical Imaging
Learn here all about medical imaging, non-surgical methods to look inside the living human body.
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Open Stax: Anatomy & Physiology: Body Fluids and Fluid Compartments
Learn about the chemical and physical characteristics of the fluids that make up the human body.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: What Did Dogs Teach Humans About Diabetes?
Diabetes has a history dating back to Ancient Greece. Our treatment of it, however, is more recent and was originally made possible with the help of man's best friend. Due to physiological traits shared with humans, dogs have saved...
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Open Stax: Organic Compounds Essential to Human Functioning
Learn here about organic compounds, groups of carbon atoms covalently bonded to hydrogen, usually oxygen, and often other elements as well, and how they are essential to human functioning.
BioMan Biology
Bio Man Biology: Angry Aliens: Physiology
Game looking at the major systems of the human body. Covers the cardiovascular, respiratory, digestive, and excretory systems.
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Inside the Human Body: The Respiratory System (Professair's Mad Lab)
Have fun learning about the human body's respiratory system while playing games in Professair's Mad Lab! These interactive games have colorful graphics and are broken into three grade groupings: grades one to three, four to six, and...
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Inside the Human Body: The Respiratory System (Grades 7 12 Teacher Resources)
This teacher's resource page accompanies the student website ?Inside the Human Body: The Respiratory System? for grades seven through twelve from the Canadian Lung Association. This site walks teachers through the features of the student...
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Get Body Smart: Human Anatomy and Physiology: Human Body Systems
This source offers a great overview of the various systems of the human body. Each part is identified and described on this site by a veteran science professor. Many interactive quizzes are located here as well for students looking to...
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Inside the Human Body: The Respiratory System (Grades 4 6 Teacher Resources)
This teacher's resource page accompanies the student website "Inside the Human Body: The Respiratory System" for grades four through six from the Canadian Lung Association. This site walks teachers through the features of the student...
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Get Body Smart: Human Anatomy and Physiology: Skeletal System
Students can learn about the human skeletal system through this easy-to-access tutorial. Sections include an introduction, organization of the skeleton, appendicular skeleton, and the axial skeleton. Interactive quizzes for each section...
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Open Stax: Anatomy & Physiology: Anatomical Terminology
This site provides learners with information regarding anatomical terminology. It covers anatomical position, directional and regional terms used, body planes, body cavities and their organs, and the serous membranes.
Nobel Media AB
The Nobel Prize: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1930
The Nobel Foundation provides this site about Karl Landsteiner, a scientist who received the 1930 Nobel Prize in Medicine "for his discovery of human blood groups." This website includes both primary texts and secondary resources and an...