The Living Body: Accident
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The body is like a self-supporting hospital, able to deal with its own with wounds, bacterial invasions, fractures, and obstructions to its various passages. Follows the sequence of events over seconds and weeks when skin or bone is damaged, and shows the defensive reactions of blood clotting, fever, and mending of bone fractures. Accessibility options on the DVD are: (1) audio description, (2) English subtitles, (3) English subtitles in a black box, (4) closed captions.
Media Details
Runtime: 27 minutes 40 seconds
- Topic: Health and Safety, Science
- Subtopic: Diseases and Conditions, Physiology
- Grade/Interest Level: 9 - 12
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- Release Year: 1984
- Producer/Distributor: Films Media Group
- Series: The Living Body
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