Friday, December 14, 2012

Adrenal Cortex Video, New on YouTube!

I've got another video on YouTube which deals with the three layers of the Adrenal Cortex.  The cortex is the outer layer of the adrenal gland and each of the three layers produced a different secretion.  The mnemonic given in the video is Go Find Rex, Make Good Sex.

The first part of the mnemonic, Go Find Rex, refers to the names of the three layers from the outermost layer to the innermost layer.  Those layers are the Glomerulosa, Fasiculata and Reticulata.  Generally, or technically speaking, you'll also see the word "zona" in front of each of those names.  The word zona in reference to anatomy means any encircling or beltlike structure.

Make Good Sex refers to the the secretions produced by each layer.  Mineralocorticoids, Glucocorticoids and Sex Hormones (Androgens).  The main mineralocorticoid is Aldosterone and the main glucocorticoid is cortisol.

I'll have to update my YouTube page link at the top of this blog here to include my latest video.  It was a pretty interesting video to make.  The first 30 slides took over two hours to produce.  About 63 slides where used in the video and 9 different movies had to be spliced together.  I used a piece of software from Kodak called Media Impressions and the whole project took about two days to complete.  Two days for a minute and 17 second video...  LOL  :)

I've recently been starting to work with the Windows Live Movie Maker editing software and it's pretty impressive.  I'll probably make future videos using that software.

Here is the raw link for the Adrenal Video:  http://youtu.be/ZHzUsV9fCyw


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