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Human: The World Within

The retina has millions of tiny receptors,called rods and cones, which absorb the light...

The retina has millions of tiny receptors,
called rods and cones, which absorb the light particles coming in and send them back as something
the brain can use: Electricity

Full Transcript

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The retina has millions of tiny receptors, called rods and cones,
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which absorb the light particles coming in
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and send them back as something the brain can use:
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Electricity.
Duration
14 seconds
Views
41
Timestamp in Movie
00:06:39
Uploaded
May 09, 2025
Season
1
Episode
1
Genres
documentary

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Movie Summary

Diverse personal stories from around the world reveal how lives, passions and goals are facilitated by the human body's various complex systems; narrator Jad Abumrad.
S01 • E05 [Tarah] I have to know by how I feel in the air. - Human: The World Within 00:05
[Tarah] I have to know by how I feel in the air.
S01 • E04 But beneath them are cells - Human: The World Within 00:09
But beneath them are cells
S01 • E02 {\an1}And that training begins in one place... the heart. - Human: The World Within 00:06
{\an1}And that training begins in one place... the heart.
S01 • E05 A lot of times, we practice with my eyes closed - Human: The World Within 00:11
A lot of times, we practice with my eyes closed
S01 • E03 The corn itself is really easy on the stomach. - Human: The World Within 00:04
The corn itself is really easy on the stomach.
S01 • E04 Inflammation from damage sensitizes those cells, - Human: The World Within 00:09
Inflammation from damage sensitizes those cells,
S01 • E06 -Every second, the eye transmits - Human: The World Within 00:11
-Every second, the eye transmits
S01 • E02 {\an1}-The heart is the first organ to start functioning - Human: The World Within 00:13
{\an1}-The heart is the first organ to start functioning
S01 • E01 These electrical signals travel to the optic nerve and onto the brain. - Human: The World Within 00:06
These electrical signals travel to the optic nerve and onto ...
S01 • E03 And then we add juniper ash to the roasted corn. - Human: The World Within 00:06
And then we add juniper ash to the roasted corn.
S01 • E04 Skin, it turns out, that's been roughed up before - Human: The World Within 00:06
Skin, it turns out, that's been roughed up before
S01 • E01 Impulses are kind of like Morse code, - Human: The World Within 00:08
Impulses are kind of like Morse code,
S01 • E05 [narrator] At the speeds Danny and Tarah are moving, five senses just won't cut it. - Human: The World Within 00:05
[narrator] At the speeds Danny and Tarah are moving, five se...
S01 • E06 Then just as quickly, the brain has to react. - Human: The World Within 00:07
Then just as quickly, the brain has to react.
S01 • E03 And then with the ash mixed in, - Human: The World Within 00:08
And then with the ash mixed in,
S01 • E02 {\an1}-It's only the size of a fist, - Human: The World Within 00:08
{\an1}-It's only the size of a fist,
S01 • E04 So after decades of cactus thorns, - Human: The World Within 00:09
So after decades of cactus thorns,
S01 • E01 The amount of compression of data - Human: The World Within 00:12
The amount of compression of data
S01 • E06 That info zips to the brain, - Human: The World Within 00:07
That info zips to the brain,
S01 • E03 [narrator] Starches like corn break down into glucose in the gut, - Human: The World Within 00:08
[narrator] Starches like corn break down into glucose in the...