Synopsis
A camera travels through the digestive system and shows the frenzy of digestion within the small intestine.
- Programme: Guts: The Strange and Wonderful World of the Human Stomach
- Channel: BBC Four
- Broadcast year: 2012
- Biology | Nutrition, digestion and excretion | The digestive system | The digestive system
Licence: ERA Licence required
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Staff and students of licensed education establishments only
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