Title:
Human body
Author:
Edition:
Revised edition.
This American edition.
[New edition].
Publication Date:
2023
Publication Information:
New York, NY : DK Publishing, 2023.
©2023
Physical Description:
72 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm.
ISBN:
9780744079920
9780744079913
Abstract:
"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."-- Page 4 of cover
General Note:
"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.
Language:
English
