Uses photomicrography, laboratory demonstration, and animation to illustrate the two groups of natural body defences which guard the body against disease. Explains the outer body defences including the skin, passages of the nose and throat, and stomach acids. Among the inner body defences are lymph glands, the chemical antibodies, spleen, liver and while blood cells.
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
321725
Language
English
Subject categories
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Blood cells
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Communicable diseases
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Human physiology
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Immune system
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Lymphatics
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Microscope and microscopy
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)
16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)
16mm film; Preservation Print (Section 5)