The Inner Life of the Cell (2006)

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

8 min

Rated

NR

How it feels

This is a short animated film that shows how a white blood cell moves out of a blood vessel to reach a site of inflammation in the body. It uses computer graphics to illustrate the steps of this process inside the body.

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What happens

The Inner Life of the Cell is an 8.5-minute 3D computer graphics animation demonstrating the molecular mechanisms that occur when a white blood cell in the blood vessels of the human body is activated by inflammation (Leukocyte extravasation). It shows how a white blood cell rolls along the inner surface of the capillary, flattens out, and squeezes through the cells of the capillary wall to the site of inflammation where it contributes to the immune reaction. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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