Tag Archives: physiology

11.2 Movement

A powerpoint from the OLD syllabus, much is still relevant.

This is an amazing gif from tabletop whale – you have to check it out:

An animated guide to the human body : The muscle edition

How do Nerves Carry Information? a 6m40s lesson from Naked Science Scrapbook.

Fantastic animated tutorials from McGraw Hill Education – Action Potentials & Muscle Contraction, Myofilament Contraction, sarcomere contraction & breakdown of ATP & cross-bridge movement.

Paul Andersen explains The Muscular System in 5m 59s.

In Crash Course Biology #30 The Skeletal System: It’s ALIVE!, Hank introduces us to the framework of our bodies, our skeleton and in #31 – Big Guns: The Muscular System, he tells us the story of the complicated chemical dance that allows our skeletal muscles to contract and relax.

11.3 The Kidney & Osmoregulation

A powerpoint of the OLD syllabus – much is still relevant though.

A nice introduction to how the kidneys work (from TED-Ed):

Mr Paul Andersen (from Bozeman High) describes Osmoregulation (including in fish which you don’t need to know) in a 8m 57s lesson.

An animated tutorial from McGraw Hill Education on basic Renal processes and here’s an animated, narrated tutorial on the mammalian kidney which also includes a quiz (from Sinauer Associates).

In Crash Course Biology #29 – The Excretory System: From Your Heart to the Toilet, Hank takes us on the fascinating journey through our excretory system to learn how our kidneys make pee.

11.4 Sexual Reproduction

6.6. & 11.4 Reproduction from Bob Smullen

A Biologist’s Mother’s Day Song (3m 50s):


Paul Andersen describes The Reproductive System in 9m.

Fantastic animated tutorials from McGraw Hill Education – spermatogenesis &  the  maturation of the oocyte & follicle.

In Crash Course Biology #34 – The Reproductive System: How Gonads Go, Hank lets us in on the meaning of life, at least from a biological perspective – it’s reproduction.

D2 Digestion (SL & HL)

Digestion: Further Human Physiology from Stephen Taylor – thank you Mr Taylor (of iBiology).

Fantastic animated tutorials from McGraw Hill Education on hormones & gastric secretion & the 3 phases of gastric secretion.

Click on ‘Fatty Acid Metabolism’ to see an Interactive Animation from Wiley on Lipid Digestion & Absorption (& metabolism which we don’t need).

Absorption Of Digested Foods from Stephen Taylor – thank you Mr Taylor (of iBiology).

Click on ‘Fatty Acid Metabolism’ to see an Interactive Animation from Wiley on Lipid Digestion & Absorption (& metabolism which we don’t need).

6.6 Hormones, Homeostasis & Reproduction

CONTENT TO BE ADDED HERE (at some point).

Thank you Mr Taylor (of iBiology) for this presentation from the OLD syllabus.

Animated, narrated tutorials on the menstrual cycle and on pregnancy testing which also include a quiz (from Sinauer Associates); there’s also an animated, narrated tutorial on IVF.

In Crash Course Biology #34 – The Reproductive System: How Gonads Go, Hank lets us in on the meaning of life, at least from a biological perspective – it’s reproduction.

The physics of sperm vs. the physics of sperm whales from TED-Ed.