Physiology : an inside view.
- Date:
- 1987
- Videos
About this work
Description
An introduction to the subject-matter and methods of physiology, primarily intended for secondary school pupils. Includes interesting material on the physiological study of athletic performance, the role of the muscle spindle in muscular contraction, homeostasis and the reaction of the body to sudden imersion in cold water, and the heartbeat and respiration of migratory birds in flight, as well as on the application of neurophysiology to medicine. Features Sir Roger Bannister (Master, Pembroke College, Oxford).
Publication/Creation
UK : BBC TV in association with the Physiological Society, 1987.
Physical description
1 videocassette (VHS) (26 min.) : sound, color, PAL.
Contributors
Notes
Supporting paperwork available in the department.
Copy made available to the Trust by Professor R.A. Chapman (Bristol University; Honorary Secretary, The Physiological Society) in April 1991.
Creator/production credits
Presented by David Bellamy. Produced by Ken Kirby. Produced by the BBC in Association with the Physiological Society.
Copyright note
The Physiological Society
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