Human body
Subtitle: a visual encyclopedia
By: [written by Richard Walker ... et al.].
Contributors: DK Publishing, Inc
Edition: 1st American ed.
Publisher: DK Pub.
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780756693077
Subjects: Human body; Juvenile literature; Human anatomy; Human physiology
Description: This book presents comprehensive information on the human body, covering such topics as the musculoskeletal system, immunology, digestion and nutrition, the human life cycle, the nervous system, and the respiratory system.
Notes: Includes index.

Includes chronology.

Includes glossary.

4-8 Medialog, Inc.
Table of contents: title: Body basics - Finding out - Looking inside - Building blocks - Inside cells - Holding it together - Body jigsaw - Working together - All is revealed - Outer barrier - Hair and nails - Life on us - Bones and muscles - Supporting skeleton - Inside bones - Living bones - Moving joints - Hardheaded - Bending backbone - Super stretchy - Muscle machine - Body movers - Inside muscles - Making faces - Reaching out - On the move - In space - Heart and blood - Around the body - In your hands - Liquid life - Oxygen carriers - Super network - A tight squeeze - Engine room - Working pump - Heartbeat - Disease defenses - Germs and disease - Body barriers - White blood cells - Germ destroyer - Filtering germs - Immune system - Bird flu virus - Allergies - Fighting disease - Spare parts - Ancient remedies - Lungs and breathing - Airways - In and out - Breathing underwater - Inside the lungs - Coughs and sneezes - Making sounds - Fueling the body - Food for life - Digestion - What a mouthful! - In the stomach - Gut reactions - Bumpy surface - End of the line - Chemical factory - Balanced diet - Food market - Vitamins - Waste disposal - Urinary system - Testing the water - Waterworks - Filling and emptying - Wonderful water - Life cycle - Starting out - Fertilization - Pregnancy and birth - Life story - Code of life - Two by two - In the genes - The human genome - In control - Control network - Sending signals - The brain - Brain cells - Gray matter - Sleep - Spinal cord - Brain scans - On autopilot - Hormones - Growth hormone - Super senses - In touch - Smell and taste - Sound detectors - Keeping balance - Balancing act - Eyes and seeing - Very visual - Visual tricks - Mind and personality - Left or right? - How memory works - Are you a genius? - What's your personality? - The feeling mind - Thrill-seekers - The body clock - Teenage brain - Body language - Reference section - Test your personality - Thinking logically - Thinking creatively - Medical discoveries.