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| View Larger Image | Just The Facts: The Human Body - Nervous System | DVDStarring: Just the Facts
Directed By: Cerebellum Corporation
| List Price: | $14.98 | | Price: | $13.49 | | You Save: | $1.49 (10%) | | | Available: | Usually ships in 24 hours |
| | Binding: | DVD | | Rating: |  | | Run Time: | 50 minutes | | Format: | Color, DVD, NTSC | | Studio: | Cerebellum Corporation | | Number of Discs: | 1 | | Aspect Ratio: | 1.33:1 | | Release Date: | August 28, 2007 | | Sales Rank: | 34,702th |
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EDITORIAL REVIEWS |
Product Description
Are you right- or left-handed? Do you remember your first day of school? What are you thinking right now? The answers to these questions go right to the "brains of the operation," the incredible nervous system of the human body. This second part of The Human Body series explores the brain, spinal cord, nerves and the trillions of neurons, or nerve cells, that make our bodies uniquely human. Experts in neuroscience help us understand why the human brain is a marvel of structure and function. Viewers learn about left brain and right brain activities, and the purpose and function of the cerebellum, cerebrum, cranial nerves and other parts of the brain. The program also examines the interaction of the spinal cord and nerve endings, as well as fascinating concepts like involuntary and voluntary brain activity and reflex and feedback functions. Viewers explore the five senses: our eyes, which transform shades of light into the phenomenon of sight; our ears, which convert variations in air pressure into hearing; our nerve endings, which translate contact to touch; and our tongues and noses which give us taste and smell. The sixth sense -- balance -- is also explained. The Human Body -- The Nervous System offers fascinating insight into how our brain sets us apart from all other vertebrates. It gives us the ability to speak, reason, remember and engage in complex thought, as well as the capacity to feel compassion, sadness, anger, joy and love. The Just the Facts Learning Series brings you the finest in educational programming and features a fast-paced format that makes learning fun. Other videos in The Human Body series include The Musculoskeletal System and Major Systems and Organs. |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.0 based on 2 reviews)
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Just the Facts: The Human Body - Nervous System by Bobbi J. Lafevers  5 Stars
February 28, 2009
Received product in a timely manner and am extremely satisfied with the quality of this product and its information.
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Okay...not fantastic... by C. Pitt (Stet, Missouri USA)  3 Stars
October 21, 2008
I bought this DVD for my anatomy class, as I am not fond of lecturing over the nervous system...I thought it would help give them an overview before I lectured. It was okay, but not great. It definately didn't overload them with information; all it really did was cover the very basics...a little more detail would have been better. This video would probably be best suited for middle school anatomy, not college-age.
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| Just The Facts: The Human Body - Musculoskeletal
Starring: Just the Facts
Directed By: Cerebellum Corporation
Without its skeleton, the human body would be a shapeless bag of flesh. Without muscles, it would be as immobile as a tree. Together, the skeleton, joints and muscles of the human body create an astounding array of motion, form the graceful movements of a ballerina, to the powerful strides of an athlete, to the intricate precision of a musician's fingers. This first part of The Human Body series examines the structure of our skeleton and the function of our muscles....
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| Just The Facts: The Human Body - Major Systems & Organs
Starring: Just the Facts
Directed By: Cerebellum Corporation
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Using simple analogies, real-life case studies, and state-of-the-art CGI, this special shows how the brain works, explains the frequent battle between instinct and reason, and unravels the...
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