How Our Bodies Fight Disease

Duration: 11

Genre: Educational

Creator: Encyclopedia Britanica Films

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Sound: sound

Description: Uses animation to show how the skin and mucous membranes, the lymph nodes, and the antibodies and white corpuscles in the blood work to defend the body against disease. Points out how immunization aids in the defense., Animated drawings and photomicrography are used in showing the four most important ways in which the body defends itself against disease. Shows the functions of the skin, the mucus membranes, and the lymphatic and circulatory systems. Explains how the body produces antibodies after some diseases, and how antibodies are created artificially through vaccination.

Complete Record: Uses animation to show how the skin and mucous membranes, the lymph nodes, and the antibodies and white corpuscles in the blood work to defend the body against disease. Points out how immunization aids in the defense., Animated drawings and photomicrography are used in showing the four most important ways in which the body defends itself against disease. Shows the functions of the skin, the mucus membranes, and the lymphatic and circulatory systems. Explains how the body produces antibodies after some diseases, and how antibodies are created artificially through vaccination.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.