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Engage in some online learning about how the human body works and find out how exceptional physicians have helped to improve our quality of life. The Activities require the use of Macromedia Flash Player. Click the link to download Marcomedia Flash Player or view the text-only version.

Activity: Circulation Station

Circulation Station

Discover the circulatory system and play a game in this Flash Activity by guiding a red blood cell on its journey through the body. Learn about a doctor who helped infants with a certain type of heart defect or read the text-only version.

Activity: The Doctor Is In

The Doctor Is In

Find out about some of the tools that doctors use to examine their patients. See what a doctor might see, hear what a doctor might hear—and test your own observation skills with this Flash Activity. Learn about a doctor who transformed the way babies are examined at birth or read the text-only version.


Activity: Sickle Cell Anemia

Sickle Cell Anemia

Find out about this hereditary disease that affects the blood. Determine the risks with this Flash Activity for passing sickle cell anemia to the next generation. Learn about a doctor who made the study of this disease one of her life focuses or read the text-only version.

Activity: A Closer Look at Chromosomes

A Closer Look at Chromosomes

Zoom in on the action of this Flash Activity to learn how cells reproduce. Find out about a specific kind of mistake in cell reproduction called translocation, and test your ability to spot chromosomes with this type of error. Learn about a doctor who did groundbreaking work on translocation or read the text-only version.


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