Form and Function

Duration: 33

Year Published: 1961

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Description: Presents ways in which big and small animals are alike and stresses the relationship of size to the level of organization. Discusses the cell theory and mentions Robert Hooke. Points out volvox and sponge as loose organizations of cells and goes on to stress importance of technique in scientific investigations. Uses photomicrographs to show cell size and how cell's needs vary but little regardless of organism size. Outlines cells, tissues, organs, and functional systems as the organizational basis of life. Shows how different animals exhibit a characteristic way in which these organ systems are combined using the annelid-arthropod and vertebrate patterns of organization. Discusses levels of organization from atoms to molecules to cells and multicellular animals.

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