The Blood

Series: Biology Series Unit 8 - Human Physiology

Duration: 15

Year Published: 1961

Creator: Encyclopaedia Britannica Educ Corp

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Description: Summarizes the function of the blood in supporting the work of other cells, pictures how it circulates through the body, and breaks it down into its component parts. Features the laboratory technique of centrifuging, making a blood smear, blood-typing, performing blood counts and determining the Rh factor. Uses animation and microcinematography to explain the circulatory systems and their parts. Presents blood clotting and the structures that are involved, stressing both beneficial and harmful effects which may result from clotting.


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