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Curated Video
The Role of Emotions and Brain Chemistry in Decision-Making
This video explores the relationship between the mind and the heart in decision-making and the role of emotions in our lives. It discusses how emotions serve a purpose in survival and how the brain processes and responds to emotional...
Professor Dave Explains
The Endocrine System
You've probably heard of glands and hormones, especially since we learned a little about how hormones interact with receptors in the biochemistry series, but what are they in the greater context of human anatomy and physiology? Let's...
The Noted Anatomist
Divisions of the brain
This video tutorial discusses the primary divisions of the brain. This is not meant to be an exhaustive discussion of the brain and its parts ... it is more of an overview so after watching you have a good idea of the names and parts of...
FuseSchool
What Are Hormones
A hormone is a chemical messenger that is secreted (or released) into our bloodstream by specific organs known as glands. Hormones regulate (or control) many processes in our body, including blood glucose levels, water content in blood,...
Curated OER
Endocrine System and Hormones
Paul Andersen compares your endocrine system to Facebook and your nervous system to Gmail in order to show the differences in response time. He then delves into specifics of your endocrine system, talking about hormones that are water...
SciShow
Circadian Rhythm and Your Brain's Clock
Your class will not drift off to sleep during this episode on circadian rhythms. Though the narrator speaks quickly and continuously, he successfully explains our biological clock in a way that holds interest. Assign the viewing of this...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Forebrain Limbic System
This lesson will identify, explore and describe the role and functions of the thalamus and hypothalamus. Also, explored is the role of the amygdala and hippocampus within the limbic system. The limbic system as the conduction and...
Curated OER
Kids Health: The Endocrine System
A basic overview of the endocrine system shown in a cartoon-like movie. Easy to understand for elementary students and a quick review for older ones.
Crash Course
Crash Course A&p #24: Endocrine System, Part 2 Hormone Cascades
In the second half of our look at the endocrine system, Hank discusses chemical homeostasis and hormone cascades. Specifically, he looks at the hypothalamus-pituitary-thyroid axis, or HPT axis, and all the ways your body can suffer when...
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Hhmi: Biointeractive: Location of the Hypothalamus
This video clip shows the location of the hypothalamus in the brain of a mouse. Teaching tips included. Quicktime or Windows Media Player formats. [0:33]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Breast Anatomy and Lactation
This video explains the anatomy of a breast and the mechanism of lactation. [7:26]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Breastfeeding Letdown Reflex
Learn how hormones help to coordinate a baby's need for milk (sucking or crying) with a woman's release of milk. [6:52]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Hormone Control of Hunger
Describes the interaction between the hormone insulin, blood glucose levels, and the hypothalamus and how this affects the perception of hunger. Also discusses what happens after you eat a fat-rich meal where the hormone leptin is...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Hypothalamus and Pituitary Gland: Lesson 1
This lesson will give an overview of the major functions associated with two structures of the endocrine system that are found in the brain: the hypothalamus and pituitary gland. It is 1 of 5 in the series titled "Hypothalamus and...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Organs of the Endocrine System: Lesson 1
This lesson will describe the organs associated with the endocrine system and will give descriptions of the hormones they are responsible for secreting. It is 1 of 5 in the series titled "Organs of the Endocrine System."
Bozeman Science
Bozeman Science: Homeostatic Loops
Paul Andersen describes four important homeostatic loops in biology. He begins with a brief description of the elements of a homeostatic loop. He then describes how the hypothalamus helps us maintain a stable internal body temperature....