Engenius Films
Bioengineering and Tissue Regeneration
Meet Lindsey, a mechanical engineer who has taken up bioengineering. She uses her skills to model blood vessels and their interaction with regenerating tissues. She continues to discuss the future of bioengineering in an informative video.
TED-Ed
How Do Your Kidneys Work?
If humans can live without one kidney, how important can they really be? Investigate the vital role these organs play in filtering our blood, removing waste, and managing our bodies' water supply with this short animated video.
TED-Ed
How a Wound Heals Itself
Did you know that the biggest organ in the human body isn't the brain, the liver, or even the lungs? It's the skin. Follow along with this short video as it explores the structure of human skin and its amazing ability to...
TED-Ed
Can We Eat to Starve Cancer?
Is there an answer for cancer? Your AP biologists will be inspired by this lecture on how the foods that we eat stimulate or inhibit the growth of blood vessels, which in turn, bring health or disease to the human body. Research is...
Curated OER
Circulation
A model of a torso in a high school classroom is displayed while the teacher points out various arteries going from the heart to the GI tract and down to the legs. She then looks at the veins coming back up and some superficial vessels....
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Blood Vessels: Arteries vs. Veins What's the Difference?
Learn some important differences between arteries (high pressure/low volume) and veins (low pressure/high volume). Rishi is a pediatric infectious disease physician and works at Khan Academy. [11:09]
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Crash Course Anatomy and Physiology: Blood Vessels, Part 1: Form and Function
We begin our look at how blood gets around your body. In this episode, we look at the basic three-layer structure of your blood vessels. We review how those structures differ slightly in different types of vessels. We will also follow...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Crash Course Anatomy and Physiology: Blood Vessels, Part 2: Blood Pressure Kills
In this episode, we return to blood vessels. We discuss what blood pressure is, how it can become "high," and what that means for our health. One of the more interesting points is that your body has ways of dealing with high blood...
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: Judah Folkman's Legacy
This Science Friday looks at the scientific legacy of angiogenesis researcher Judah Folkman. [25:7]
Crash Course
Crash Course A&p #29: Blood, Part 1 True Blood
Now that we've talked about your blood vessels, we're going to zoom in a little closer and talk about your blood itself. We'll start by outlining the basic components of blood -- including erythrocytes, leukocytes, platelets, and plasma...
Crash Course
Crash Course A&p #27: Blood Vessels, Part 1 Form and Function
Now that we've discussed blood, we're beginning our look at how it gets around your body. Today Hank explains your blood vessels and their basic three-layer structure of your blood vessels. We're also going over how those structures...
Crash Course
Crash Course A&p #28: Blood Vessels, Part 2
Now that we've discussed blood, we're beginning our look at how it gets around your body. Today Hank explains your blood vessels and their basic three-layer structure of your blood vessels. We're also going over how those structures...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Blood Vessels: Three Types of Capillaries
Learn the differences between continuous, fenestrated, and discontinuous capillaries, and how they affect the movement of molecules. Rishi is a pediatric infectious disease physician and works at Khan Academy. [9:17]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Blood Vessels: Arteries, Arterioles, Venules, and Veins
Learn the differences between these blood vessels! Rishi is a pediatric infectious disease physician and works at Khan Academy. [7:43]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Arterial Stiffness: Compliance Decreased Blood Pressure
Find out how compliance allows arteries to store elastic energy (and lower pressure). [9:54]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Blood Vessels: Layers of a Blood Vessel
Remember the three key layers of a blood vessel (Tunica intima, Tunica media, and Tunica externa) and how arteries, veins, and capillaries are all different from one another. Rishi is a pediatric infectious disease physician and works at...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Blood Vessels: Pre Capillary Sphincters
Find out how the body controls how much blood flows through a capillary bed. Rishi is a pediatric infectious disease physician and works at Khan Academy. These videos do not provide medical advice and are for informational purposes only....
Crash Course
Crash Course History of Science #15: The New Anatomy
What is life? To try to answer that question, three tools stand out as being especially useful: A book, some experiments, and the microscope! In this video, trace the history of different theories about how our body works. [12:15]
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Cardiovascular System Overview: Lesson 1
This lesson will identify the main structures and function of the cardiovascular system as one of the 11 organ systems of the human body. It is 1 of 2 in the series titled "Cardiovascular System."
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Arteriosclerosis, Arteriolosclerosis, and Atherosclerosis
Learn the difference between Arteriosclerosis, Arteriolosclerosis, and Atherosclerosis. [9:17]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Arteriolosclerosis Part 2
See how hyperplastic arteriolosclerosis (Protein in the arterial wall) makes it difficult for blood to go through blood vessels. Rishi is a pediatric infectious disease physician and works at Khan Academy. [5:10]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Arteriolosclerosis Part 1
See how hyaline arteriolosclerosis (Protein in the arterial wall) causes hardening of the blood vessels. [11:13]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Adh Effects on Blood Pressure
See how ADH acts on blood vessels and the kidney to raise blood pressure. [9:32]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Buerger Disease
Buerger disease (also known as the thromboangiitis obliterans) is a type of vasculitis that affects small and medium blood vessels and has been linked strongly to smoking. Learn how health care professionals diagnose Buerger disease...