Crash Course Anatomy & Physiology

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Introduction to Anatomy & Physiology
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In this episode of Crash Course, Hank introduces you to the complex history and terminology of Anatomy & Physiology.
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Tissues, Part 1
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In this episode of Crash Course Anatomy & Physiology, Hank gives you a brief history of histology and introduces you to the different types and functions of your body's tissues.
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Tissues, Part 2 - Epithelial Tissue
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Today on Crash Course Anatomy & Physiology, Hank breaks down the parts and functions of one of your body's unsung heroes: your epithelial tissue.
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Tissues, Part 3 - Connective Tissues
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On today's episode of Crash Course Anatomy & Physiology, Hank continues our exploration of tissues, with an introduction to your connective tissues.
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Tissues, Part 4 - Types of Connective Tissues
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Today Hank wraps up our look at Connective Tissues with a discussion of its various types and a breakdown of what you can and can't easily break down. Also chicken.
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The Integumentary System, Part 1 - Skin Deep
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Anatomy & Physiology continues with a look at your biggest organ - your skin.
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The Integumentary System, Part 2 - Skin Deeper
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Today Hank wraps up this look at your integumentary system and all the hard work it does protecting you from and helping you interact with the world around you.
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The Nervous System, Part 1
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Today Hank kicks off our look around MISSION CONTROL: your nervous system.
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The Nervous System, Part 2 - Action! Potential!
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What do you and a sack of batteries have in common? Today, Hank explains.
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The Nervous System, Part 3 - Synapses!
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We continue our tour of the nervous system with a look at synapses and the crazy stuff cocaine does to your body.
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Central Nervous System
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Today Hank talks about your central nervous system. In this episode we'll explore how your brain develops and how important location is for each of your brain's many functions.
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Peripheral Nervous System
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It is now time to meet the system that helps your crazy brain stay in touch with the outside world. We follow up last week's tour of the central nervous system with a look at your .. show full overview
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Autonomic Nervous System
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Hank takes you on a tour of your two-part autonomic nervous system. This episode explains how your sympathetic nervous system and parasympathetic nervous system work together as foils, .. show full overview
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Sympathetic Nervous System
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Hank tries not to stress you out too much as he delves into the functions and terminology of your sympathetic nervous system.
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Parasympathetic Nervous System
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This week we are looking at your parasympathetic division, which is the "resting and digesting" unit. Unfortunately, learning about this de-stressing division also involves a whole lot .. show full overview
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Taste & Smell
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Hank resists the urge to devour a slice of pizza so that he can walk you through the way we experience our major special senses. It all boils down to one thing: sensory cells translating .. show full overview
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Hearing & Balance
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Crash Course A&P continues the journey through sensory systems with a look at how your sense of hearing works. We follow sounds as they work there way into the ear where they are .. show full overview
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Vision
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Next stop in our tour of your sensory systems? VISION. With a little help from an optical illusion, we take a look inside your eyes to try to figure out how your sense of vision works -- and how it can be tricked.
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The Skeletal System
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Today Hank explains the skeletal system and why astronauts Scott Kelly and Mikhail Kornienko are out in space studying it. He talks about the anatomy of the skeletal system, including .. show full overview
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Joints
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We continue our look at your bones and skeletal system, skipping over the silly kid's song in favor of a more detailed look at your your axial and appendicular skeleton. This episode .. show full overview
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Muscles, Part 1 - Muscle Cells
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We're kicking off our exploration of muscles with a look at the complex and important relationship between actin and myosin. Your smooth, cardiac, and skeletal muscles create movement by .. show full overview
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Muscles, Part 2 - Organismal Level
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Hank calls in a friend to do his push ups for him today to explain how skeletal muscles work together to create and reverse movements. Hank and Claire also demonstrate the role size .. show full overview
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Endocrine System, Part 1 - Glands & Hormones
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Hank begins teaching you about your endocrine system by explaining how it uses glands to produce hormones. These hormones are either amino-acid based and water soluble, or steroidal and .. show full overview
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Endocrine System, Part 2 - Hormone Cascades
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In the second half of our look at the endocrine system, Hank discusses chemical homeostasis and hormone cascades. Specifically, he looks at the hypothalamus-pituitary-thyroid axis, or .. show full overview
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The Heart, Part 1 - Under Pressure
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Your heart gets a lot of attention from poets, songwriters, and storytellers, but today Hank's gonna tell you how it really works. The heart’s ventricles, atria, and valves create a pump .. show full overview
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The Heart, Part 2 - Heart Throbs
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Today we're talking the heart and heart throbs -- both literal and those of the televised variety. Hank explains how your heart’s pacemaker cells use leaky membranes to generate their .. show full overview
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Blood Vessels, Part 1 - Form and Function
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Now that we've discussed blood, we're beginning our look at how it gets around your body. Today Hank explains your blood vessels and their basic three-layer structure of your blood .. show full overview
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Blood Vessels, Part 2 - Blood Pressure Kills
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And now we return to blood vessels. In this episode, we start discussing what blood pressure is, how it can become "high", and what that means for our health. One of the more interesting .. show full overview
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Blood, Part 1 - True Blood
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Now that we've talked about your blood vessels, we're going to zoom in a little closer and talk about your blood itself. We'll start by outlining the basic components of blood -- .. show full overview
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Blood, Part 2 - There Will Be Blood
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It's time to start talking about some of the terrible things you can do to your own body, like blood doping. We'll start by explaining the structure and function of your erythrocytes, .. show full overview
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Respiratory System, Part 1 - Bulk Flow vs Simple Diffusion
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So we all know that breathing is pretty important, right? Today we're going to talk about how it works, starting with the nameless evolutionary ancestor that we inherited this from, and .. show full overview
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Respiratory System, Part 2 - Gas Exchange
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Can a paper bag really help you when you are hyperventilating? It turns out that it can. In part 2 of our look at your respiratory system Hank explains how your blood cells exchange .. show full overview
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Digestive System, Part 1 - The 30 Foot Tube
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Nachos are delicious. And versatile because today they're also going to help us learn a thing or two about your digestive system. Nachos can provide us with energy and raw materials, by .. show full overview
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Digestive System, Part 2 - From Mouth to Stomach
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Nearly 200 years ago, Alexis St. Martin was shot in the stomach. He was saved by local army doctor William Beaumont, but had to live out his remaining years with a gaping hole in the .. show full overview
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Digestive System, Part 3 - Intestines & Accessory Organs
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Nachos are great...if you are among the lucky ones whose body can digest them. When digestion goes according to plan, the small intestine performs most of your chemical digestion in the .. show full overview
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Metabolism & Nutrition, Part 1 - Making Stuff
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Metabolism is a complex process that has a lot more going on than personal trainers and commercials might have you believe. Today we are exploring some of its key parts, including vital .. show full overview
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Metabolism & Nutrition, Part 2 - Using Energy
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If you're like us, you love the sound of a brunch buffet. But not everything you eat at that glorious buffet is going to be turned into energy. Your body has to work with different forms .. show full overview
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Urinary System, Part 1 - The Kidneys!
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Even though you probably don't choose to spend a lot of time thinking about it, your pee is kind of a big deal. Today we're talking about the anatomy of your urinary system, and how your .. show full overview
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Urinary System, Part 2 - Urine!
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As we promised last week, we're not quite done talking about your pee yet. Today Hank explains how the urinary system regulates the production of urine, by maintaining a study glomerular .. show full overview
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Reproductive System, Part 1 - Female Reproductive System
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Human reproduction is complicated an important, and it's going to take a four part series for us to cover it. Today, we're kicking that off with the female reproductive system, starting .. show full overview
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Reproductive System, Part 2 - Male Reproductive System
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Our month-long exploration of human reproduction continues with a look at testicular anatomy, the steps of sperm production, and how it’s influenced by gonadotropin and testosterone. .. show full overview
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Reproductive System, Part 3 - Sex & Fertilization
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After weeks of discussion of human reproduction, today we arrive at the main event: THE SEX. Hank explains the four phases of the human sexual response, how a sperm finds and fertilizes .. show full overview
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Reproductive System, Part 4 - Pregnancy & Development
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We've reached the grand finale of our four part series on human reproduction: BABIES! Today Hank walks you through the stages of pregnancy, beginning with how a zygote develops into .. show full overview
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Lymphatic System
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Today Hank explains your unsung lymphatic system and how it supports cardiovascular function by collecting, filtering, and returning interstitial fluid back into the bloodstream via a .. show full overview
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Immune System, Part 1 - Innate Defenses
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Our final episodes of Anatomy & Physiology explore the way your body keeps all that complex, intricate stuff alive and healthy -- your immune system. The immune system’s responses begin .. show full overview
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Immune System, Part 2 - Adaptive Defenses
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In the penultimate episode of Crash Course Anatomy & Physiology, Hank explains your adaptive immune system. The adaptive immune system's humoral response guards extracellular terrain .. show full overview
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Immune System, Part 3 - The Cell-Mediated Response
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THE FINAL SHOWDOWN! This is the last episode on the immune system and also the very last episode of Crash Course Anatomy & Physiology. In it, Hank explains how the cellular immune .. show full overview

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