Photomicrography of the circulatory system and the processes of mitosis and phagocytosis. The film reveals how the body is protected from disease by the white blood corpuscles or leucocytes which engulf and destroy invading organisms.
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
008322
Language
English
Subject categories
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Anatomy
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Bacteria
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Blood
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Body, Human
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Physiology
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)