Era uma Vez... O Corpo Humano

No corpo humano, a célula é a base de tudo, a fábrica que produz toda a energia.

Descubra como o corpo humano se forma, começando com uma única célula.

Na academia de polícia do corpo, os agentes aprendem a derrotar os inimigos da saúde.

As fábricas de medula óssea fazem os polícias do corpo e os transportadores de oxigênio.

Os valentes glóbulos vermelhos enfrentam o terrível vírus da gripe.

O jovem herói corta o dedo com uma faca suja. A batalha é travada em duas frentes.

Conheça o grande centro do corpo humano: o coração e todo o sistema circulatório.

Conheça caminho que as bolhas de ar fazem do nariz aos pulmões.

Conheça melhor o mais misterioso de todos os órgãos, o cérebro.

Os neurônios correm em todas as direções para transmitir a informação percebida.

Veja um mergulho na magia do olho, onde a imagem é percebida, decomposta e transmitida ao cérebro.

O ouvido é constituído por células auditivas ativas na captação e transmissão de vibrações de sons.

A pele é a fiel guardiã do corpo e a primeira barreira contra ataques de todos os tipos.

Os doces são gostosos, mas seu açúcar pode causar cáries muito perigosas.

Para uma boa refeição, siga o caminho dos alimentos, desde o esôfago até o estômago.

O fígado processa proteínas e glóbulos, mas também fibrinogênio para a cura.

Globus, the old red corpuscle, and his friends find themselves working in a less comfortable part of the body today. They are at the access roads for the liver and the kidneys. That's where a lot of waste is found as well.

Quite an unknown organ, this lymphatic system with all the branches and nodes and the liquid. This time, our friends, the red corpuscles, don't accompany us, because they don't belong here. But Young Peter and his friends undergo another adventure on their trip through this system, whose task it is to transport nutrition in the body.

How come small kids get hurt so much less when they fall than old people do? What's the difference between a young and an old bone, considering flexibility and fragility? These and some other questions are dealt with in today's episode.

The muscles constitute about a half of our total body weight. Not only do they appear in our arms, legs and in our breast, but also the heart is a muscle, as well as the walls of our arteries, which consist of muscle texture. Muscles must carry out work and therefore they need energy, which means sugar and fat.

Today, Peter and his friends are meeting for an endurance run in the park. Athletes, that run very much, need to breathe a lot as well, so that enough oxygen is provided for the body. However, when we breathe, it's not only oxygen that enters the body, but also dust particles, exhaust gas, and some other more or less toxic substances.

Peter and Jumbo are doing the gardening today. They are busy with moving a rosebush. Naturally, they both sting their hands at the thorns and get wounded. After that, they touch the soil that they dug out. That's a celebration for the malicious germs. They take their chance and invade the body.

Peter and his friend Jumbo are playing tennis. The Master is observing the match from his monitor in the hypothalamus and is giving some instructions. Especially the hormones are sent on their way over and over again with the responsibility of adapting the breathing, the heartbeat and glucose resources to the respective situation.

Peter is going for a walk with his grandfather. Meanwhile, the latter explains to Peter that the sun is the source of all life and that if it wasn't for the sun, our planet earth would be a cold and boring planet and there would be no life. That's because the sun makes everything grow, as for example grains and fruits and trees, which then produce the oxygen that is vital for us to breathe.