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In this animated object, learners examine the structure and function of intracellular and extracellular fluid. They also read about the most common electrolytes in the body and complete a matching exercise to test their knowledge.
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- Anatomy and Physiology, Human Biology, and Biochemistry
- Keywords:
- Water-electrolyte imbalances Cell interaction
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- Others
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In this interactive object, learners examine the locations of major body cavities and their protective membranes. A drag-and-drop exercise completes the activity.
- Subjects:
- Health Sciences and Human Biology
- Keywords:
- Human body Body cavities
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- Others
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Learners play a vascular system "game" to identify the arteries, capillaries, and veins that make up the renal blood supply pathway. A score is given at the end of the activity.
- Subjects:
- Health Sciences and Human Biology
- Keywords:
- Kidneys -- Physiology Kidneys -- Blood vessels
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- Others
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In this animated and interactive object, learners identify musculoskeletal fractures.
- Subjects:
- Health Sciences and Rehabilitation Sciences
- Keywords:
- Fractures Bones -- Wounds injuries
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- Others
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In this animated object, learners examine the mechanisms for gas exchange among the lungs, blood, and tissues.
- Subjects:
- Health Sciences
- Keywords:
- Pulmonary gas exchange Respiratory organs
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- Others
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Learners examine the structure and function of skin including the production of melanin.
- Subjects:
- Health Sciences and Human Biology
- Keywords:
- Skin -- Physiology
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- Others
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In this animated object, learners trace the olfactory pathway from the nasal cavity to the olfactory cortex.
- Subjects:
- Health Sciences
- Keywords:
- Smell -- Physiological aspects
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- Others
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In this interactive object, learners identify nursing actions that help to prevent the spread of infection.
- Subjects:
- Health Sciences and Nursing
- Keywords:
- Infection Communicable diseases -- Prevention
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In this animated object, learners examine the different types of joints and their movements.
- Subjects:
- Health Sciences, Rehabilitation Sciences, and Human Biology
- Keywords:
- Joints
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- Others
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In this screencast, learners read about the seven hormones that help regulate blood glucose.
- Subjects:
- Health Sciences and Biochemistry
- Keywords:
- Glucose -- Metabolism Endocrinology
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- Others
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In this animated and interactive object, learners examine the structure and functions of granulocytes and agranulocytes. Two exercises complete the activity.
- Subjects:
- Health Sciences and Human Biology
- Keywords:
- Leucocytes Granulocytes
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- Others
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In this learning activity you'll evaluate the immune response including active, passive, natural, and artificial immunity.
- Subjects:
- Human Biology and Medical Laboratory Science
- Keywords:
- Immune system Immunology
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- Others
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In this animated activity, learners examine how organs are visualized in three dimensions. The terms “longitudinal,” “cross,” “transverse,” “horizontal,” and “sagittal” are defined. Students test their knowledge of the location of abdominal pelvic cavity organs in two drag-and-drop exercises.
- Subjects:
- Health Sciences and Human Biology
- Keywords:
- Human body Pelvis Human physiology Human anatomy
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- Others
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In this animated object, learners examine how the sensory, motor, mixed, and reflex nerves work in the human body.
- Subjects:
- Health Sciences and Human Biology
- Keywords:
- Neuroanatomy Perceptual-motor processes Reflexes
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- Video
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In this animated object, learners examine the eight cranial bones, the fourteen facial bones, and the ribs.
- Subjects:
- Health Sciences and Human Biology
- Keywords:
- Facial bones Ribs Skull -- Anatomy
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- Others
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In this screencast, learners read descriptions of the actions of the superficial skeletal muscles and see their locations.
- Keywords:
- Muscles Musculoskeletal system
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- Others
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In this screencast, students identify various muscles of the face and scalp and see them in action.
- Subjects:
- Health Sciences and Human Biology
- Keywords:
- Head -- Muscles Face -- Muscles
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- Others
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In this interactive object, learners identify a person's regional body parts.
- Subjects:
- Health Sciences and Human Biology
- Keywords:
- Body Human Human anatomy
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In this learning activity you'll review the structure and function of the different tissues of the human body.
- Subjects:
- Health Sciences and Human Biology
- Keywords:
- Human anatomy Human physiology
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- Others
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In this interactive and animated object, learners classify a number of diagnoses by shooting a soccer ball into goals marked "Medical" and "Nursing."
- Subjects:
- Health Sciences and Nursing
- Keywords:
- Diagnosis Nursing diagnosis
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- Others
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In this animated object, learners examine the major events that occur at the neuromuscular junction.
- Subjects:
- Health Sciences and Human Biology
- Keywords:
- Myoneural junction Neuromuscular transmission
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- Others
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In this animated and interactive object, learners examine how blood flows through the heart and lungs. A brief quiz completes the activity.
- Subjects:
- Health Sciences and Human Biology
- Keywords:
- Lungs -- Blood vessels
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- Others
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In this learning activity you'll review how every protein molecule of an organism is synthesized by that organism in a prescribed process. This activity helps students understand the fundamental life process of making protein.
- Subjects:
- Health Sciences and Biology
- Keywords:
- Protein -- Synthesis
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- Others
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In this interactive and animated object, learners read a description of the number, name, and function of the cranial nerves. A matching quiz completes the activity.
- Subjects:
- Health Sciences and Human Biology
- Keywords:
- Nerves Cranial
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- Others
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This screencast will help the student identify normal blood cells and their functions. This will include the identification of red blood cells, five types of white blood cells, and platelets.
- Subjects:
- Human Biology and Medical Laboratory Science
- Keywords:
- Blood cells Blood platelets
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- Others
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In this screencast, learners examine hearing and balance. Detailed drawings of the outer, middle, and inner ear structures are included.
- Subjects:
- Health Sciences
- Keywords:
- Hearing Ear -- Anatomy
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- Others
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In this interactive object, learners review the major parts of the skeletal system by clicking on the correct term as each bone or joint is highlighted on a skeleton.
- Subjects:
- Health Sciences, Rehabiliation Science, and Biology
- Keywords:
- Bones Joints
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- Others
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In this animated activity, learners examine muscle cell contraction and relaxation and consider the role of calcium ions.
- Subjects:
- Health Sciences, Rehabilitation Science, and Biology
- Keywords:
- Muscle cells Muscle contraction
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- Others
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In this animated and interactive object, learners examine ventilation, external and internal respiration, and gas transport.
- Subjects:
- Health Sciences and Human biology
- Keywords:
- Pulmonary gas exchange Respiratory organs
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- Others
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In this animated object, learners view molecules as they collide and move between two different solutions. They also observe what happens when the temperature of the solutions is raised or lowered.
- Subjects:
- Medical Laboratory Science and Biology
- Keywords:
- Cells
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In this animated activity, learners examine the two major phases of cell division: mitosis and cytokinesis.
- Subjects:
- Medical Laboratory Science and Biology
- Keywords:
- Cytokinesis Mitosis Cell division
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Learners will examine how cardiac markers are used in the diagnosis of cardiac disease.
- Subjects:
- Health Sciences
- Keywords:
- Heart -- Diseases -- Diagnosis
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- Others
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In this activity, you will learn various behaviors that do or do not relate to professional behaviors in the health care setting.
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- Health Sciences and Medical and Professional Ethics
- Keywords:
- Medical personnel -- Professional ethics
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- Others
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In this interactive object, learners select the correct description of a child in the five stages of development in the following categories: pattern of growth, vital signs, organ development, vision and hearing, and developmental stage.
- Subjects:
- Health Sciences and Human Biology
- Keywords:
- Child development
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- Others
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In this interactive object, learners examine the structure and function of the sense of taste.
- Subjects:
- Health Sciences and Human Biology
- Keywords:
- Taste
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- Others
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In this animated and interactive object, learners examine ABO blood antigens and Rh antigens and their compatibility.
- Subjects:
- Health Sciences, Human Biology, and Medical Laboratory Science
- Keywords:
- Bood groups
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- Others
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Human population growth and urbanization have accelerated dramatically in recent centuries, providing unprecedented opportunities for microbes that use our bodies as vehicles for their own propagation and transmission. These conditions have led to the emergence of virulent new pathogens and the increased prevalence of “classic” scourges, such as Mycobacterium tuberculosis. This tenacious microbe is transmitted via infectious aerosols produced by individuals with pulmonary tuberculosis. Infection is lifelong and symptomatic tuberculosis may develop following a period of clinical latency lasting for months, years, or decades. The first part of this lecture provides an overview of the natural history of TB infection and the global impact of TB on human health. Tuberculosis remains one of the most important causes of human disease and death despite the introduction of vaccination in 1921 and chemotherapy in 1952. Although these interventions are inexpensive and widely available their impact is limited. The effectiveness of vaccination is unclear; in clinical trials, the protection conferred by vaccination has been variable and generally poor. Although chemotherapy can be highly effective, multiple drugs must be administered for 6-9 months to provide a reliable cure; the majority of tuberculosis patients are unable or unwilling to complete such a demanding regimen unless closely supervised. The second part of this lecture will discuss the challenges facing development of more effective vaccines and drugs for prevention and treatment of tuberculosis. The principal obstacle to successful treatment of tuberculosis is the lengthy duration of current regimens, which require administration of multiple drugs for 6-9 months. The requirement for prolonged therapy is attributed to sub-populations of bacillary “persisters” that are refractory to antimicrobials. The persisters are not drug-resistant in the conventional (heritable) sense and it is a mystery why they are spared whilst their genetically identical siblings are killed. The third part of this lecture describes recent work in our laboratory using microfluidics and time-lapse microscopy to analyze the behavior of drug-stressed bacteria at single-cell resolution. These studies challenge conventional views of how antimicrobials kill (or fail to kill) bacteria. All pathogens must acquire and assimilate nutrients from their hosts in order to grow and multiply — our tissues are literally their food — yet surprisingly little is known about this fundamental aspect of the pathogenic lifestyle. Accumulating evidence suggests that M. tuberculosis might utilize fatty acids as its principal carbon and energy source during infection. The fourth part of this lecture describes work in our laboratory that is focused on identifying the metabolic pathways that are essential for growth and persistence of M. tuberculosis in vivo. Some of these pathways are potentially interesting targets for antimicrobial drug development, as they are not found in human cells.
- Subjects:
- Public Health and Health Sciecnes
- Keywords:
- Tuberculosis Public health
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- Video
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Listen closely -- Marvin Minsky's arch, eclectic, charmingly offhand talk on health, overpopulation and the human mind is packed with subtlety: wit, wisdom and just an ounce of wily, is-he-joking? advice.
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- Social Sciences
- Keywords:
- Overpopulation Social problems
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- Video
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For a full year, A.J. Jacobs followed every piece of health advice he could -- from applying sunscreen by the shot glass to wearing a bicycle helmet while shopping. Onstage at TEDMED, he shares the surprising things he learned.
- Subjects:
- Health Sciences
- Keywords:
- Health behavior Noise pollution Joy
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- Video
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You can use your smartphone to find a local ATM, but what if you need a defibrillator? Lucien Engelen shows us online innovations that are changing the way we save lives, including a crowdsourced map of local AEDs.
- Subjects:
- Health Sciences and Health Technology and Informatics
- Keywords:
- Medical care Medical technology
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- Video
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Adam Garone has an impressive moustache, and it's for a good cause. A co-founder of Movember, Garone's initiative to raise awareness for men's health -- by having men grow out their moustaches every November -- began as a dare in a bar in 2003. Now, it's a worldwide movement that raised $126 million for prostate cancer research last year.
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- Health Sciences
- Keywords:
- Health promotion Fund raising Prostate -- Cancer
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- Video
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How do cancer cells grow? How does chemotherapy fight cancer (and cause negative side effects)? The answers lie in cell division. George Zaidan explains how rapid cell division is cancer's "strength" -- and also its weakness.
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- Health Sciences and Biology
- Keywords:
- Cancer cells
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- Video
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When Eric Dishman was in college, doctors told him he had 2 to 3 years to live. That was a long time ago. Now, Dishman puts his experience and his expertise as a medical tech specialist together to suggest a bold idea for reinventing health care -- by putting the patient at the center of a treatment team.
- Subjects:
- Management of Health Care Services
- Keywords:
- Medical care Health services administration
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- Video
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We face an endless string of choices, which leads us to feel anxiety, guilt and pangs of inadequacy that we are perhaps making the wrong ones. But philosopher Renata Salecl asks: Could individual choices be distracting us from something bigger—our power as social thinkers? A bold call for us to stop taking personal choice so seriously and focus on the choices we're making collectively.
- Subjects:
- Psychology and Philosophy
- Keywords:
- Medical care Choice (Psychology)
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- Video
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Using a mobile app to check glucose levels, sending selfies to receive diagnoses and receiving text reminders to take pills. Is this what the future of healthcare will look like? Karalee Close believes it should, considering that medical mistakes are the fourth leading cause of death in the US. She argues that a closer marriage of technology, big data and healthcare can improve today's system -- especially when it comes to mitigating human error.
- Subjects:
- Health Technology and Informatics
- Keywords:
- Medical technology Public health -- Data processing
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- Video
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The things we eat and drink on a daily basis can impact our health in big ways. Too many carbohydrates, for instance, can lead to insulin resistance, which is a major contributor to cardiovascular disease and Type 2 Diabetes. But what are carbs, exactly? And what do they do to our bodies? Richard J. Wood explains.
- Subjects:
- Health Sciences and Food Science
- Keywords:
- Carbohydrates Nutrition
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- Video
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Can the way you speak and write today predict your future mental state, even the onset of psychosis? In this fascinating talk, neuroscientist Mariano Sigman reflects on ancient Greece and the origins of introspection to investigate how our words hint at our inner lives and details a word-mapping algorithm that could predict the development of schizophrenia. "We may be seeing in the future a very different form of mental health," Sigman says, "based on objective, quantitative and automated analysis of the words we write, of the words we say."
- Subjects:
- Health Sciences
- Keywords:
- Mental health Mental illness
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- Video
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Sue Desmond-Hellmann is using precision public health -- an approach that incorporates big data, consumer monitoring, gene sequencing and other innovative tools -- to solve the world's most difficult medical problems. It's already helped cut HIV transmission from mothers to babies by nearly half in sub-Saharan Africa, and now it's being used to address alarming infant mortality rates all over the world. The goal: to save lives by bringing the right interventions to the right populations at the right time.
- Subjects:
- Health Sciences and Biology
- Keywords:
- Medicial informatics Big data Public health
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- Video
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Our poop and pee have superpowers, but for the most part we don't harness them. Molly Winter faces down our squeamishness and asks us to see what goes down the toilet as a resource, one that can help fight climate change, spur innovation and even save us money.
- Subjects:
- Health Sciences
- Keywords:
- Recycling (Waste etc.) Excretion
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- Video
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As medicine advances, so does the complexity and price of healthcare. For inspiration on ways to keep healthcare affordable, Jan Denecker shares three simple, yet effective innovations from the developing world, where constraints on resources have caused the healthcare industry to adopt a mentality of doing more with less.
- Subjects:
- Management of Health Care Services
- Keywords:
- Medical care Health services administration
- Resource Type:
- Video