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Category Archives: Option D Human Physiology
D1 Human Nutrition (SL & HL)
D2 Digestion (SL & HL)
Fantastic animated tutorials from McGraw Hill Education on hormones & gastric secretion & the 3 phases of gastric secretion.
D3 Functions of the Liver (SL & HL)
A fantastic animated tutorial from McGraw Hill Education on hemoglobin breakdown.
What does the Liver do? – a three and a half minute lesson from TED-Ed:
D4 The Heart (SL & HL)
Fantastic animated tutorials from McGraw Hill Education – the cardiac cycle, mechanical & the conducting system of the heart.
An animated, narrated tutorial on measuring blood pressure (from Sinauer Associates).
Here is an excellent lesson from TED-Ed on on what is fat?
D5 Hormones & Metabolism (HL only)
D6 Transport of Respiratory Gases (HL only)
GetBodySmart has animated tutorials on gas exchange molecules. And here are more animated tutorials from McGraw Hill Education – alveolar pressure changes during breathing, gas exchange during respiration (breathing) & movement of oxygen & carbon dioxide.
Infographic from Compound Interest: