The ribs perform vital functions in the body, protecting organs and supporting the breathing process. The vast majority of humans are born with 24 ribs, 12 on each side of the body. Contrary to a ...

This 1930s educational film provides a detailed exploration of the respiratory and excretory systems, combining live-action demonstrations, animations, and intertitles to illustrate human anatomy ...

In this short film from BBC series Inside The Human Body viewers get a closer look at the process of breathing. BBC Teach has thousands of free, curriculum-linked resources to help deliver lessons ...

The process of ventilation as a series of changes in pressure within the thorax can be modelled using the bell jar model. Parts of the model represent different parts of the respiratory system as ...

A groundbreaking study has revealed that our pupils change size in sync with our breathing—a response now dubbed the "pupillary respiratory phase response." ...

Microplastics have been found in the brain for the first time, leading scientists to conclude people are breathing in the ... about the dangers posed to human health. Scientists conducted the ...