Human body / written by Richard Walker.

Title:

ISBN:

9781465426208

9781465426178

Personal Author:

Walker, Richard, 1951-

Edition:

[Updated American edition].

Publication Information:

London : DK, 2014.

Physical Description:

72 pages : illustrations (mostly color) ; 28 cm.

General Note:

"Explore how the human body works--from the smallest cells to the systems that keep us alive"--Cover.

Includes index.

Contents:

The human body -- Myth, magic, and medicine -- Study and dissection -- The microscopic body -- Looking inside the body -- The body's framework -- Inside bones -- The body's joints -- Muscle power -- The moving body -- the nervous system -- The brain -- Inside the brain -- Skin and touch -- Eyes and seeing -- Smell and taste -- Hormones -- The heart -- In circulation -- The blood -- Breathing to live -- Inside the lungs -- Eating -- Digestion -- Waste disposal -- Male and female -- A new life -- Growth and development -- Future bodies -- Timeline -- Find out more.

Summary:

Focusing on contemporary and historical developments in the study of human anatomy, this features clear, age appropriate text, photographs, charts, graphics, and 3-D models highlighting the inner workings of our bodies -- from the framework of our skeleton to the millions of tiny cells that make our bodies work. In this updated edition, kids can discover how muscles and joints help us move, find out how x-rays work, see the network of nerves inside the human head and more in a format that makes complex scientific concepts easy to understand.

Subject Term:

Human body

Human physiology

Human anatomy

Interest age level:

008-012.

Series Title:

DK eyewitness books.

Series Sequence:

DK eyewitness books

OCLC Number:

ocn870920139