Understand the basic functions of egg development in humans. [7:18]

A time-lapse video of melanoma cells dividing in a period of 24 hours. Review the difference between normal mitosis versus mitosis taking place in a cancer cell.

In this lifelike narrated animation, watch what happens inside a mosquito when the malaria parasites reproduce and travel to the salivary glands, ready to infect another human host with the next bite. [4:00]

In this video tutorial, you will learn how a zygote, the single cell produced by fertilization, divides by mitosis to produce all the tissues of the human body. [9:35]

Explore how plastic reproductions of the human body can be used in education and for medical research. Discover how medical modelers and illustrators create models of the human body.

Learn about the process of ovulation and how it lead to pregnancy in this animated video from the Mayo Clinic. [1:27]

There are three major types of hormones. 1) Protein hormones (or polypeptide hormones) are made of chains of amino acids. An example is ADH (antidiuretic hormone) which decreases blood pressure. 2) Steroid hormones are derived from...

In this video, Paul Andersen explains the difference between diploid and haploid cells. He starts with a brief description of the central dogma and how genes code for proteins. He then uses the phenotype of red hair to explain that...

Audio slideshow discussing a famous sculpture named Dying Gaul. [3:32] It is a Roman copy, made of marble, of a Greek sculpture from the third century BC, that was made from bronze. The original has been lost. Includes links to...

This lesson will explain the process involved in the implantation of a zygote in the uterus. It is 2 of 5 in the series titled "Implantation."