Category Archives: Medical
Medmovie.com – brilliant medical animations
Medmovie is a commercial website, though they have many animations available in their media library samples and interactives, including heart beats, heart attacks, atherosclerosis and more (I can’t link directly to each one – you have to go to the main page first)
They look fantastic – some are .swf and others are .mov, though all the samples can be saved easily in Firefox.
Hormonal Control – linklist
Donwload the powerpoint here: hormonal_control.ppt
Here’s a good simple overview of steroids and peptides – Wisconsin Online
Old school overview of the endocrine system:
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Mode of action of steroid hormones:
Clear explanation from McGraw Hill
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Mode of action of peptide steroids:
Short video, but clear – UC Davis
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Mode of action of thyroxine:
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Negative feedback and thyroxin secretion:
Control of the pituitary – Leif Saul (Biology in Motion – very good)
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Control of ADH Secretion:
Too simple, but good overview – BBC GSCE Bitesize
Focus on the kidney (reviewing the effect of ADH) – BiologyMad
Other useful links:
Recombinant DNA Technology
Here are some animations about rDNA technology. More direct links below the video.
University of Delaware (thanks to biology_sparkly at the TES Boards) Basic animation but lots of relevant info. Can be saved.
rDNA and plasmid and phage vectors from the Royal Veterinary College (more animations on the left of their page)
Rexin G: Targeted Biological Agent
This award-winning animation is a high-sheen advert for Rexin G, a nanoparticle combined with a gene to target tumour cells. Is this part of a new wave of targeted medicine? Time will tell. For now, just enjoy the animation.
This animation was produced by Hybrid Animation, who have a series of animation on their site, all very high quality. Go on – have a look!
Many of them are pretty advanced, but this one is about antigenic shift in the bird flu virus.
Ultrasound technology: the next generation
Philips electronics have some good clips of their 4D ultrasound technology in action at their website:
Worth a look in the reproduction topics.
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This video is a great clip for comparing the old-school ultrasounds with the new 4D technology. She’s expecting triplets, too, which makes it more amazing. And here’s the clincher: listen to the soundtrack song carefully.
NHS Vaccinations
Nice, simple animations here:
Aimed at the panicky classes after the Wakefield/MMR-autism fiasco- so are quite basic- but raise some points for discussion.
The rest of the NHS immunisation site contains some good, clear information on vaccination schedules and the various diseases covered.
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