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Flash Interactive: Body Basics: Bones. Flash Interactive: Body Basics: Muscles and Joints. Health - Skeleton. Health - Skin. Skoool™ Www.childrensuniversity.manchester.ac.uk/media/services/thechildrensuniversityofmanchester/flash/sensitivity.swf. Flash Interactive: Body Basics: Skin and Hair. Www.childrensuniversity.manchester.ac.uk/media/services/thechildrensuniversityofmanchester/flash/digestive.swf. Animation/swfs/digestion.swf. Www.childrensuniversity.manchester.ac.uk/media/services/thechildrensuniversityofmanchester/flash/exercise_4_heart.swf. Mammalian Circulatory System - Capillaries.

GCSE Bitesize: The circulatory system activity. GCSE Bitesize: The Respiratory System Activity. Health - Respiratory System. GCSE Bitesize: Activity. Www.childrensuniversity.manchester.ac.uk/media/services/thechildrensuniversityofmanchester/flash/exercise_3_muscles.swf. Www.childrensuniversity.manchester.ac.uk/media/services/thechildrensuniversityofmanchester/flash/brain.swf. GCSE Bitesize: The Skeleton, Bones and Joints Activity. Www.childrensuniversity.manchester.ac.uk/media/services/thechildrensuniversityofmanchester/flash/skeleton.swf. Www.sheppardsoftware.com/health/anatomy/cell/cell_tutorial_links.swf. KS2 Bitesize Science - Microorganisms : Play.

Schools Science Clips - Keeping healthy. Schools Science Clips - Micro-organisms. Www.iknowthat.com/ScienceIllustrations/cell/science_desk.swf. Discover! Simulations. Www.harcourtschool.com/activity/science_up_close/510/deploy/interface.swf. Digestion Tutorial- Anatomy - Health. Human Body, Human Body Information. Beyond the Brain What goes on within the human skull is more complex and fantastic than anyone imagined.

Human Body, Human Body Information

And scientists are finding ways to delve even deeper into what we know of the mind. Mending Broken Hearts Cheeseburgers, smoking, stress—risk factors for heart disease, a malady reaching global epidemic proportions. Now, discoveries about genetic triggers may help us spot trouble before it starts. Unmasking Skin Equal parts armor, air-conditioning system, and genetic heritage, skin is more than skin-deep. Scientists are probing beneath the surface of the body's largest organ. Amoeba eats two paramecia (Amoeba's lunch) Amoeba in motion. They Might Be Giants - Cells (official video) Go Wild. The Blood Typing Game. Heart Contraction and Blood Flow - NHLBI, NIH. The animation below shows how your heart pumps blood.

Heart Contraction and Blood Flow - NHLBI, NIH

Click the "start" button to play the animation. Written and spoken explanations are provided with each frame. Use the buttons in the lower right corner to pause, restart, or replay the animation, or use the scroll bar below the buttons to move through the frames. The animation shows how blood flows through the heart as it contracts and relaxes. Heartbeat Almost everyone has heard the real or recorded sound of a heartbeat. A heartbeat may seem like a simple, repeated event. Each side of your heart uses an inlet valve to help move blood between the atrium and ventricle. Each of your heart's ventricles also has an outlet valve. Each heartbeat has two basic parts: diastole (di-AS-toe-lee) and systole (SIS-toe-lee). During diastole, the atria and ventricles of your heart relax and begin to fill with blood. The atria then begin to relax. Pumping Action Your heart uses its four valves to ensure your blood flows in only one direction. Shockwave.

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