Spare parts for people
By: Michael C. Harris
Series: Cool science; Cool science (Marshall Cavendish Benchmark)
Publisher: Marshall Cavendish Benchmark
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 48
ISBN-13: 9781608702855
Subjects: Medicine; Artificial limbs; Juvenile literature; Artificial Implants; Artificial organs
Description: Explore the amazing advances science has made in the development of prosthetics.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 47) and index.

Grades 3-6.

Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: Body parts; title: Wooden toes, lead teeth; title: Legs, lips, and joints; title: Arms and hands; title: Eye to eye; title: Hear, hear!; title: Skin and tissue; title: Hearts, blood and vessels; title: Organ replacement; title: Artificial bones; title: Frontiers of science; title: Glossary.