Parking Lot Construction: As part of our ongoing work to maintain and improve Central Library, the parking lot will be closed for construction from Tuesday, July 28, to Saturday, August 1. Visit the Central Library page for more details. 

Notice of Public Meeting: Kalamazoo Public Library Board of Trustees | July 27 | 5:30 pm | Central Library/Van Deusen Room. The packet of information for the meeting can be found on the library’s website. 

Book

100 trillion good bacteria living in the human body

Call Number

  • J 612 ROCK (CEN)

Browse similar titles by call number

Edition

U.S. edition

Publication Information

Chicago, Illinois : Raintree, an imprint of Capstone Global Library, LLC [2015]

Physical Description

32 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm.

Summary

"Find out all about the human body, including the millions of bacteria that live in and on us and help our body function healthily, our digestive system, bones and muscles, blood and heart, lungs and breathing, the size of our brain, and the number of hairs on our head."--

Contents

  • Counting down the human body
  • There are 100 trillion good bacteria living on the human body
  • There are one trillion, 300 billion skin cells on the human body
  • Blondes have 146 thousand strands of hair on their heads
  • The heart beats one hundred thousand times a day
  • Blood travels sixty thousand miles (96,560 km) a day
  • We take 20 thousand breaths a day
  • More than six hundred muscles in your body
  • 206 bones in the human body
  • 12-72 hours to digest food
  • Nine months for a baby to grow inside the womb
  • Five senses
  • The human brain weighs 3 pounds.

Subjects