Spinal cord and nerves
Subtitle: injury, illness, and health
By: Steve Parker
Edition: 2nd ed., rev. and updated.
Series: Body focus : injury, illness and health; Body focus
Publisher: Heinemann Library
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Chicago, Ill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 48
ISBN-13: 9781432934156; 9781432934286
Subjects: Nervous system; Juvenile literature; Nerves; Spinal cord; Nervous System; Nervous System Physiological Phenomena; Spinal Cord; Nervous System Diseases; Nervous System Trauma
Description: Explains how the spinal cord and nerves function and discusses illnesses and injuries that can affect the nervous system and spinal cord.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (page 45) and index.
Table of contents: title: The nervous system; title: Nerve cells; title: Inside a nerve; title: How nerve signals work; title: Chemical connections; title: Spinal cord and spinal column; title: Protecting the spinal chord and nerves; title: Around the spinal cord; title: Inside the spinal cord; title: Peripheral nerves; title: Nerve reflexes; title: Autonomic nervous system; title: Spinal chord injury; title: First aid for spinal and nerve injuries; title: Levels of spinal injury; title: Spinal chord and nerve infections; title: Spinal chord and nerve problems; title: Spinal chord and nerve disorders; title: Drugs and the nervous system; title: Repairing the nervous system; title: What can go wrong with my spinal chord and nerves?