THE ANATOMY IN MINUTES COLLECTION

A little time.
A closer look.

Explore the science behind your body. Pick a full lesson or discover something new in a Short.

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A ROUTE THROUGH THE SCIENCE

Choose a learning path

Open a route below, work independently, and keep notes in a journal or on paper. Estimated times include videos and a short written check; take longer when you want to explore further.

Follow oxygen through the body15–20 minutes · Open the steps

Your goal: Connect the heart, lungs, and blood vessels into one explanation of oxygen delivery.

  1. Follow one red blood cell

    Watch the four-minute lesson. Pause once to trace the route through the heart, lungs, and body.

  2. Zoom in on the alveoli

    Watch the four-minute lesson. Read the companion explanation of what crosses the respiratory membrane.

  3. Check the organ jobs

    Complete the six-question organ challenge in 3–5 minutes and read the feedback.

Journal check

Use the final three minutes to draw a circulation loop with arrows. Label where oxygen enters the blood and where it leaves for body tissues. Add two sentences explaining the different jobs of the heart and lungs.

Explore skin and repair20–25 minutes · Open the steps

Your goal: Use observations of skin layers to explain how structure relates to protection and repair.

  1. Begin with a first look at the skin model

    Before the explanations, explore independently for five minutes using the on-page controls in their cut, lift, and peel order. Record three things you notice, two things you find interesting, and one question in your journal. Use your own words; scientific vocabulary can come later.

  2. Watch how a cut heals

    Watch the five-minute lesson, then read its skin-repair notes. Compare one idea with something you noticed in the model.

  3. Practice with tissue evidence

    Complete the tissue challenge. Use its structure-and-function clues and read the explanations after each response.

Journal check

Finish with a labeled sketch comparing two skin layers and a two-sentence structure-and-function explanation. Revisit your opening question: write what you can now explain and what you still want to investigate.

Connect atoms to cell work20–25 minutes · Open the steps

Your goal: Distinguish element identity from charge, then connect molecules with ATP and cellular work.

  1. Start with atoms, elements, and ions

    Watch the four-minute lesson. Write one sentence about what proton number tells you and another about what changes when electrons are gained or lost.

  2. Follow matter and energy through metabolism

    Watch the eight-minute lesson. Pause at its questions and attempt an answer before continuing.

  3. Test the element-identity rule

    Watch the short and answer one companion question in your own words before revealing its reasoning.

Journal check

Draw two linked boxes: breaking molecules down and building molecules up. Place ATP where it helps connect energy release with energy use. Give one example for each box and explain why changing an atom’s charge does not necessarily change its element.

YOUR NEXT DISCOVERY

The video library

28 videos to explore

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Video preview: How your body heals a cut5:11FULL LESSON

Skin & repair

How your body heals a cut

Take a closer look at skin, tissues, and the body’s repair process.Watch now
Video preview: Understanding migraine5:38FULL LESSON

Brain & nerves

Understanding migraine

Explore the science of migraine in this narrated anatomy lesson.Watch now
Video preview: How the Circulatory System Works | Follow One Red Blood Cell3:49FULL LESSON

Circulation

How the Circulatory System Works | Follow One Red Blood Cell

Follow a red blood cell through the heart, lungs, and body to see how the two circulation loops connect.Watch now
Video preview: How Your Kidneys Save Water When You're Dehydrated4:49FULL LESSON

Kidneys & homeostasis

How Your Kidneys Save Water When You're Dehydrated

Follow the kidney's water-conservation response and see why urine becomes more concentrated.Watch now
Video preview: How Oxygen Gets Into Your Blood | Alveoli Gas Exchange3:45FULL LESSON

Breathing

How Oxygen Gets Into Your Blood | Alveoli Gas Exchange

Follow oxygen from the alveoli into pulmonary capillary blood and hemoglobin, with carbon dioxide moving in the other direction.Watch now
Video preview: How Atoms Build Your Body | Matter, Elements & Ions4:11FULL LESSON

Body chemistry

How Atoms Build Your Body | Matter, Elements & Ions

Connect atoms and elements to the body, then distinguish changes in protons, neutrons, and electrons.Watch now
Video preview: Metabolism, Catabolism, Anabolism, and ATP8:20FULL LESSON

Metabolism

Metabolism, Catabolism, Anabolism, and ATP

Connect the breakdown and building of molecules with ATP use, nutrient handling, and whole-body metabolism.Watch now
Video preview: How Blood Circulates in 47 Seconds0:46SHORT

Circulation

How Blood Circulates in 47 Seconds

Trace the heart–lung–body circuit in a brief red-blood-cell journey.Watch now
Video preview: Brain Tissue Can't Feel Pain—So What Hurts in Migraine?0:59SHORT

Brain & nerves

Brain Tissue Can't Feel Pain—So What Hurts in Migraine?

A brief introduction to migraine signaling, pain-sensitive structures, and the video's safety cautions.Watch now
Video preview: Why Your Urine Gets Darker When You're Dehydrated0:44SHORT

Kidneys & homeostasis

Why Your Urine Gets Darker When You're Dehydrated

See how conserving water changes urine concentration, and why color is a clue rather than a diagnosis.Watch now
Video preview: Where Oxygen Enters Your Blood0:57SHORT

Breathing

Where Oxygen Enters Your Blood

A compact view of the alveoli, respiratory membrane, and oxygen's route to hemoglobin.Watch now
Video preview: Why Exercise Makes You Breathe Faster0:41SHORT

Breathing

Why Exercise Makes You Breathe Faster

See how movement signals, working muscles, and gas exchange contribute to faster, deeper breathing.Watch now
Video preview: The 6-Hour Sleep Trap0:33SHORT

Sleep & alertness

The 6-Hour Sleep Trap

Why feeling accustomed to short sleep does not necessarily mean attention has adapted.Watch now
Video preview: Your Brain Is Trying to Make You Procrastinate0:51SHORT

Brain & nerves

Your Brain Is Trying to Make You Procrastinate

Explore why uncomfortable tasks can make immediate rewards attractive, and how one small action can help you begin.Watch now
Video preview: What 10 Minutes of Walking Does Inside Your Body0:37SHORT

Movement & Exercise

What 10 Minutes of Walking Does Inside Your Body

Follow the changes in working muscles, breathing, circulation, and coordination during a short walk.Watch now
Video preview: What Your Body Is Really Made Of0:30SHORT

Body chemistry

What Your Body Is Really Made Of

Zoom from the body to tissues, cells, molecules, and the elements that make them.Watch now
Video preview: What Actually Makes the Hic Sound?0:24SHORT

Breathing

What Actually Makes the Hic Sound?

Explore the diaphragm contraction and sudden vocal-fold closure behind a hiccup.Watch now
Video preview: Why Can Normal Light Hurt During a Migraine? | Anatomy Case 020:53SHORT

Brain & nerves

Why Can Normal Light Hurt During a Migraine? | Anatomy Case 02

A short anatomy drama connects an ordinary lamp with migraine-related light sensitivity.Watch now
Video preview: Why Do You Feel Cold During a Fever? | Anatomy Case 030:33SHORT

Homeostasis

Why Do You Feel Cold During a Fever? | Anatomy Case 03

A short anatomy drama explains why an elevated temperature set point can trigger chills and shivering.Watch now
Video preview: Two Extra Electrons Don't Make a New Element0:30SHORT

Body chemistry

Two Extra Electrons Don't Make a New Element

Use an oxygen atom to distinguish element identity from electric charge.Watch now
Video preview: Your Blood Built a Bandage Before You Did0:27SHORT

Skin & repair

Your Blood Built a Bandage Before You Did

See how vessel constriction, platelets, and fibrin help a small cut stop bleeding.Watch now
Video preview: Why Bruises Change Color0:28SHORT

Skin & repair

Why Bruises Change Color

Follow the breakdown and clearance of blood pigments beneath intact skin.Watch now
Video preview: Why Does a Healing Cut Itch?0:32SHORT

Skin & repair

Why Does a Healing Cut Itch?

Explore several contributors to itching during healing, with the video's safety cautions preserved.Watch now
Video preview: Why Onions Make Your Eyes Cry0:28SHORT

Brain & nerves

Why Onions Make Your Eyes Cry

Follow an onion's airborne irritant from the eye surface through the reflex that stimulates tears.Watch now
Video preview: Why Holding Your Breath Gets So Hard0:27SHORT

Breathing

Why Holding Your Breath Gets So Hard

See how rising carbon dioxide and breathing-control signals contribute to the urge to breathe.Watch now
Video preview: Why Nervous Hands Shake0:24SHORT

Brain & nerves

Why Nervous Hands Shake

A brief story connects nervous anticipation, muscle activation, and shaky hands.Watch now
Video preview: Your Skin Sheds—Why Doesn't Your Tattoo?0:29SHORT

Skin & repair

Your Skin Sheds—Why Doesn't Your Tattoo?

Compare the shedding epidermis with deeper pigment-bearing tissue to explain tattoo persistence.Watch now
Video preview: What Happens When Food Goes Down the Wrong Pipe?0:36SHORT

Breathing

What Happens When Food Goes Down the Wrong Pipe?

Follow airway protection and the cough response when food takes the wrong route.Watch now

READ & REASON

Caffeine, alertness, and energy

Why feeling more awake is not the same as getting more fuel. Explore the mechanism, individual variation, and label-reading questions in this sourced text lesson.

Read the energy-drink lesson →

Text-based lesson · The earlier video is under revision.