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The Body Machine. Part 2 Maintenance of the Human System
Title
The Body Machine. Part 2 [electronic resource (video)] : Maintenance of the Human System / Acorn Productions.
Published
New York, N.Y. : Infobase, [2010], c2009.
Physical Description
1 streaming video file (45 min.) : sd., col., digital file.
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Films on Demand is distributed by Infobase for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware.
Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on September 26, 2010.
Closed-captioned.
Title from distributor's description.
Access and use
Access restricted by licensing agreement.
Summary
Not every machine can recharge and repair itself on a regular basis. Fortunately, the human machine can-quickly rebounding to a state of alertness, adaptability, and high-gear action. This program explores the staggering capabilities of the body's interlinked devices, from the sleeping brain to the wide-awake reproductive system. Viewers learn about the photographic powers of the eye, which surpass those of almost any camera; the 260-million-cell interface on which the brain depends for vision; the 16,000 nerve endings in the inner ear; and the biochemical complexities of our skin, immune system, hormones, and genitals. Illustrations of the body's collective DNA reveal its physical aspects-strung together it would reach beyond the solar system-and its central role in creating new human "machines.
Variant and related titles
Maintenance of the Human System
Films on demand.
Body Machine (Television program)
Other formats
Originally produced: Acorn Productions., 2009.
Format
Images / Online / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 20, 2019
Series
The Body Machine
System details note
System requirements: FOD playback platform.
Mode of access: Internet.
Audience
Contains mature subject matter.
10 & up.
Contents
Power of Vision (5:18)
Hearing and Balance (2:21)
Human Body's Self-Defense System (6:27)
Sleep (2:06)
Skin and Sweat (4:26)
Hormones (2:56)
Fertilization in Humans (6:37)
DNA: Instruction Manual (3:35)
Genetics of Gender (1:57)
Babies: Crawling Phase (2:17)
Second Half of Life (2:06)
Credits: The Body Machine: Part 2 - Maintenance of the Human System (0:43)
Videorecording number
41943s Infobase
41945 Infobase
Subjects
Genre/Form
Educational films.
Internet videos.
Also listed under
Acorn Productions.
Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm)
Infobase.
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