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Hank teaches you the wonders of Anatomy & Physiology!
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Episode 1 - Introduction to Anatomy & Physiology
Release Date: 2015-01-06In this episode of Crash Course, Hank introduces you to the complex history and terminology of Anatomy & Physiology.
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Episode 2 - Tissues, Part 1
Release Date: 2015-01-12In this episode of Crash Course Anatomy & Physiology, Hank gives you a brief history of histology and introduces you to the different types and functions of your body's tissues.
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Episode 3 - Tissues, Part 2 - Epithelial Tissue
Release Date: 2015-01-19Today on Crash Course Anatomy & Physiology, Hank breaks down the parts and functions of one of your body's unsung heroes: your epithelial tissue.
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Episode 4 - Tissues, Part 3 - Connective Tissues
Release Date: 2015-01-26On today's episode of Crash Course Anatomy & Physiology, Hank continues our exploration of tissues, with an introduction to your connective tissues.
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Episode 5 - Tissues, Part 4 - Types of Connective Tissues
Release Date: 2015-02-02Today Hank wraps up our look at Connective Tissues with a discussion of its various types and a breakdown of what you can and can't easily break down. Also chicken.
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Episode 6 - The Integumentary System, Part 1 - Skin Deep
Release Date: 2015-02-09Anatomy & Physiology continues with a look at your biggest organ - your skin.
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Episode 7 - The Integumentary System, Part 2 - Skin Deeper
Release Date: 2015-02-16Today Hank wraps up this look at your integumentary system and all the hard work it does protecting you from and helping you interact with the world around you.
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Episode 8 - The Nervous System, Part 1
Release Date: 2015-02-23Today Hank kicks off our look around MISSION CONTROL: your nervous system.
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Episode 9 - The Nervous System, Part 2 - Action! Potential!
Release Date: 2015-03-02What do you and a sack of batteries have in common? Today, Hank explains.
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Episode 10 - The Nervous System, Part 3 - Synapses!
Release Date: 2015-03-10We continue our tour of the nervous system with a look at synapses and the crazy stuff cocaine does to your body.
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Episode 11 - Central Nervous System
Release Date: 2015-03-23Today Hank talks about your central nervous system. In this episode we'll explore how your brain develops and how important location is for each of your brain's many functions.
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Episode 12 - Peripheral Nervous System
Release Date: 2015-03-30It is now time to meet the system that helps your crazy brain stay in touch with the outside world. We follow up last week's tour of the central nervous system with a look at your peripheral nervous s... more
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Episode 13 - Autonomic Nervous System
Release Date: 2015-04-06Hank takes you on a tour of your two-part autonomic nervous system. This episode explains how your sympathetic nervous system and parasympathetic nervous system work together as foils, balancing each ... more
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Episode 14 - Sympathetic Nervous System
Release Date: 2015-04-13Hank tries not to stress you out too much as he delves into the functions and terminology of your sympathetic nervous system.
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Episode 15 - Parasympathetic Nervous System
Release Date: 2015-04-20This week we are looking at your parasympathetic division, which is the "resting and digesting" unit. Unfortunately, learning about this de-stressing division also involves a whole lot of memorization... more
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Episode 16 - Taste & Smell
Release Date: 2015-04-27Hank resists the urge to devour a slice of pizza so that he can walk you through the way we experience our major special senses. It all boils down to one thing: sensory cells translating chemical, ele... more
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Episode 17 - Hearing & Balance
Release Date: 2015-05-04Crash Course A&P continues the journey through sensory systems with a look at how your sense of hearing works. We follow sounds as they work there way into the ear where they are registered and tr... more
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Episode 18 - Vision
Release Date: 2015-05-11Next stop in our tour of your sensory systems? VISION. With a little help from an optical illusion, we take a look inside your eyes to try to figure out how your sense of vision works -- and how it ca... more
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Episode 19 - The Skeletal System
Release Date: 2015-05-18Today Hank explains the skeletal system and why astronauts Scott Kelly and Mikhail Kornienko are out in space studying it. He talks about the anatomy of the skeletal system, including the flat, short,... more
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Episode 20 - Joints
Release Date: 2015-05-26We continue our look at your bones and skeletal system, skipping over the silly kid's song in favor of a more detailed look at your your axial and appendicular skeleton. This episode also talks about ... more
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Episode 21 - Muscles, Part 1 - Muscle Cells
Release Date: 2015-06-08We're kicking off our exploration of muscles with a look at the complex and important relationship between actin and myosin. Your smooth, cardiac, and skeletal muscles create movement by contracting a... more
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Episode 22 - Muscles, Part 2 - Organismal Level
Release Date: 2015-06-15Hank calls in a friend to do his push ups for him today to explain how skeletal muscles work together to create and reverse movements. Hank and Claire also demonstrate the role size plays in motor uni... more
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Episode 23 - Endocrine System, Part 1 - Glands & Hormones
Release Date: 2015-06-22Hank begins teaching you about your endocrine system by explaining how it uses glands to produce hormones. These hormones are either amino-acid based and water soluble, or steroidal and lipid-soluble,... more
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Episode 24 - Endocrine System, Part 2 - Hormone Cascades
Release Date: 2015-06-29In 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 al... more
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Episode 25 - The Heart, Part 1 - Under Pressure
Release Date: 2015-07-06Your heart gets a lot of attention from poets, songwriters, and storytellers, but today Hank's gonna tell you how it really works. The heart’s ventricles, atria, and valves create a pump that maintain... more
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Episode 26 - The Heart, Part 2 - Heart Throbs
Release Date: 2015-07-13Today we're talking the heart and heart throbs -- both literal and those of the televised variety. Hank explains how your heart’s pacemaker cells use leaky membranes to generate their own action poten... more
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Episode 27 - Blood Vessels, Part 1 - Form and Function
Release Date: 2015-07-20Now 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... more
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Episode 28 - Blood Vessels, Part 2
Release Date: 2015-07-27And now we return to blood vessels. In this episode, we start discussing what blood pressure is, how it can become "high", and what that means for our health. One of the more interesting points is tha... more
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Episode 29 - Blood, Part 1 - True Blood
Release Date: 2015-08-03Now 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 erythrocyte... more
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Episode 30 - Blood, Part 2 - There Will Be Blood
Release Date: 2015-08-11It's time to start talking about some of the terrible things you can do to your own body, like blood doping. We'll start by explaining the structure and function of your erythrocytes, and of hemoglobi... more
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Episode 31 - Respiratory System, Part 1
Release Date: 2015-08-24So we all know that breathing is pretty important, right? Today we're going to talk about how it works, starting with the nameless evolutionary ancestor that we inherited this from, and continuing to ... more
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Episode 32 - Respiratory System, Part 2
Release Date: 2015-08-31Can a paper bag really help you when you are hyperventilating? It turns out that it can. In part 2 of our look at your respiratory system Hank explains how your blood cells exchange oxygen and CO2 to ... more
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Episode 33 - Digestive System, Part 1
Release Date: 2015-09-07Nachos are delicious. And versatile because today they're also going to help us learn a thing or two about your digestive system. Nachos can provide us with energy and raw materials, by first ingestin... more
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Episode 34 - Digestive System, Part 2
Release Date: 2015-09-14Nearly 200 years ago, Alexis St. Martin was shot in the stomach. He was saved by local army doctor William Beaumont, but had to live out his remaining years with a gaping hole in the stomach -- allowi... more
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Episode 35 - Digestive System, Part 3
Release Date: 2015-09-22Nachos are great...if you are among the lucky ones whose body can digest them. When digestion goes according to plan, the small intestine performs most of your chemical digestion in the duodenum, whil... more
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Episode 36 - Metabolism & Nutrition, Part 1
Release Date: 2015-09-28Metabolism is a complex process that has a lot more going on than personal trainers and commercials might have you believe. Today we are exploring some of its key parts, including vital nutrients -- s... more
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Episode 37 - Metabolism & Nutrition, Part 2
Release Date: 2015-10-05If you're like us, you love the sound of a brunch buffet. But not everything you eat at that glorious buffet is going to be turned into energy. Your body has to work with different forms of food in di... more
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Episode 38 - Urinary System, Part 1
Release Date: 2015-10-12Even though you probably don't choose to spend a lot of time thinking about it, your pee is kind of a big deal. Today we're talking about the anatomy of your urinary system, and how your kidneys filte... more
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Episode 39 - Urinary System, Part 2
Release Date: 2015-10-19As we promised last week, we're not quite done talking about your pee yet. Today Hank explains how the urinary system regulates the production of urine, by maintaining a study glomerular flow rate. He... more
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Episode 40 - Reproductive System, Part 1 - Female Reproductive System
Release Date: 2015-10-26Human reproduction is complicated an important, and it's going to take a four part series for us to cover it. Today, we're kicking that off with the female reproductive system, starting with how sex h... more
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Episode 41 - Reproductive System, Part 2 - Male Reproductive System
Release Date: 2015-11-09Our month-long exploration of human reproduction continues with a look at testicular anatomy, the steps of sperm production, and how it’s influenced by gonadotropin and testosterone. Hank also explain... more
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Episode 42 - Reproductive System, Part 3 - Sex & Fertilization
Release Date: 2015-11-16After weeks of discussion of human reproduction, today we arrive at the main event: THE SEX. Hank explains the four phases of the human sexual response, how a sperm finds and fertilizes an egg, creati... more
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Episode 43 - Reproductive System, Part 4 - Pregnancy & Development
Release Date: 2015-11-23We've reached the grand finale of our four part series on human reproduction: BABIES! Today Hank walks you through the stages of pregnancy, beginning with how a zygote develops into blastomeres to a m... more
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Episode 44 - Lymphatic System
Release Date: 2015-11-30Today Hank explains your unsung lymphatic system and how it supports cardiovascular function by collecting, filtering, and returning interstitial fluid back into the bloodstream via a system of lympha... more
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Episode 45 - Immune System, Part 1
Release Date: 2015-12-08Our final episodes of Anatomy & Physiology explore the way your body keeps all that complex, intricate stuff alive and healthy -- your immune system. The immune system’s responses begin with physi... more
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Episode 46 - Immune System, Part 2
Release Date: 2015-12-14In the penultimate episode of Crash Course Anatomy & Physiology, Hank explains your adaptive immune system. The adaptive immune system's humoral response guards extracellular terrain against patho... more
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Episode 47 - Immune System, Part 3
Release Date: 2015-12-21THE FINAL SHOWDOWN! This is the last episode on the immune system and also the very last episode of Crash Course Anatomy & Physiology. In it, Hank explains how the cellular immune response uses he... more