The Skin as a sense organ

Episode of Series “The Living Body”.
Human beings have seven senses of the skin that provide information about the outside world. Looking beneath the skin with a microscope reveals that each sense may be associated with a different type of nerve ending.

Credits

production company

EFVA

Language

English

Duration

00:11:42:00

Colour

Production places

United Kingdom

Production dates

1974

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

28601

Subject categories

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - Great Britain

Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Biology - Study and teaching

Educational & Instructional

Educational & Instructional → Educational films

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Anatomy

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Nervous system

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Senses and sensation

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Skin

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Biology - Study and teaching

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Human biology

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Senses and sensation

Short films

Short films → Short films - Great Britain

Sound/audio

Sound

Holdings

16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

16mm film; Preservation Print (Section 5)

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