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Book

Human body

Call Number

  • J 612 WALK (CEN)

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Edition

[New edition].

Publication Information

New York, NY : DK Publishing, 2023.

Physical Description

72 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm.

Summary

"Explore your incredible body, inside and out. From skeleton to skin, muscles to microscopic cells, discover how your body systems work together to keep you alive and well."--

Notes

"Some of the material in this book previously appeared in Eyewitness Human Body, published in 1993, 2004."--Title page verso.

"New edition"--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
  • Ears and hearing
  • Smell and taste
  • Hormones
  • The heart
  • In circulation
  • The blood
  • Breating to live
  • Inside the lungs
  • Eating
  • Digestion
  • Waste disposal
  • Reproductive systems
  • A new life
  • Growth and development
  • Future bodies
  • Timeline
  • Find out more
  • Glossary.

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