Extraordinary photographs of living organs shows the autonomic nervous system controlling involuntary body processes such as breathing, heart rate, blood pressure and digestion. Animation is used to illustrate the sympathetic and parasympathetic divisions of the autonomic nervous system and the part it is thought to play in the human emotions. No other credits available.
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In ACMI's collection
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
000938
Language
English
Audience classification
G
Subject categories
Animals & Wildlife → Biological research
Animation → Animated films - Great Britain
Documentary → Documentary films - Great Britain
Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Education
Educational & Instructional → Instructional
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Health education
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Medicine - Research
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Nervous system
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Physiology - Research
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)