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Intended to supplement tutorials at summer school. 1: Shows the various ways in which fish and aquatic mammals maintain their buoyancy in water. A histroical cartoon sequence about Archimedes explains the...
On a rain-swept Welsh mountainside members of the 1994 British Mount Everest Medical Expedition test their physiological monitoring equipment. Having retreated to the dry, the doctors describe the...
Techniques for enhancing or preventing the chances of successful conception fall into two groups: the introduction or removal of physical barriers to the process of fertilisation, and the manipulation of the...
An introduction to the study of whole-animal biology and the techniques that are becoming available to obtain data from animals that are free-ranging in their natural habitat. A major theme in the programme...
Shows examples of the ways in which reptiles can regulate their body temperature. Illustrates various techniques used for measuring temperature, including the attachment of heat-sensitive labels,...
A short study of the digestive system from start to finish, covering relevant anatomical structure and function. Uses footage of live pigs, laboratory dissection, and diagrams to explain technical details...
A computer simulation of erxperiments to demonstrate the effects of drugs on colonic peristalsis, using isolated rat colon. Describes the nervous control of intestinal longitudinal and circular muscle, the...
The nervous system consists of millions of nerve cells that are connected to one another in a very precise fashion via long processes called axons. How do nerve cells become connected up correctly during...
The anatomy of the respiratory system of the pig from nose to alveoli. Uses footage of live pigs, laboratory dissection and diagrams, with each section of the system and its function highlighted and explained.
Animals have evolved many different methods for obtaining oxygen from their environment. This programme explores the respiratory challenges of two organisms: the water-breathing crab and the air-breathing...
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