The fantastic body : what makes you tick & how you get sick /
Bennett, Howard J.,
The fantastic body : what makes you tick & how you get sick / Dr. Howard Bennett. - vii, 248 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm
Includes index.
Give me some skin -- Hair today, gone tomorrow -- Hard as nails -- The eyes have it -- Getting nosy -- Play it by ear -- Plusses about sinuses -- Open wide : your mouth and throat -- Pipe down : your larynx and trachea -- Down the hatch : your esophagus -- Can you stomach it? -- Long story short : your small intestine (and its neighbors) -- The gut stops here : your large intestine -- The bone zone -- Muscle madness -- One good pump deserves another -- In with the good air, out with the bad -- In the red : the basics of blood -- The pee, the whole pee, and nothing but the pee -- The Defense Department -- A nod to nodes -- Who's the boss? -- That makes senses -- The land of the glands -- Cells speak louder than words -- Your life as a fetus -- Knowing about growing -- The good, the bad, and the awkward : puberty -- What's cooking? -- A word about sleep -- Exercise and you -- Surviving a doctor visit.
Through humor, science, and engaging illustrations, this fun and comprehensive reference book is perfect for kids who want to know more about the mysterious stuff going on inside their bodies.
9781623368890 1623368898
Human body--Juvenile literature.
Human anatomy--Juvenile literature.
Human physiology--Juvenile literature.
Illustrated works.
The fantastic body : what makes you tick & how you get sick / Dr. Howard Bennett. - vii, 248 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm
Includes index.
Give me some skin -- Hair today, gone tomorrow -- Hard as nails -- The eyes have it -- Getting nosy -- Play it by ear -- Plusses about sinuses -- Open wide : your mouth and throat -- Pipe down : your larynx and trachea -- Down the hatch : your esophagus -- Can you stomach it? -- Long story short : your small intestine (and its neighbors) -- The gut stops here : your large intestine -- The bone zone -- Muscle madness -- One good pump deserves another -- In with the good air, out with the bad -- In the red : the basics of blood -- The pee, the whole pee, and nothing but the pee -- The Defense Department -- A nod to nodes -- Who's the boss? -- That makes senses -- The land of the glands -- Cells speak louder than words -- Your life as a fetus -- Knowing about growing -- The good, the bad, and the awkward : puberty -- What's cooking? -- A word about sleep -- Exercise and you -- Surviving a doctor visit.
Through humor, science, and engaging illustrations, this fun and comprehensive reference book is perfect for kids who want to know more about the mysterious stuff going on inside their bodies.
9781623368890 1623368898
Human body--Juvenile literature.
Human anatomy--Juvenile literature.
Human physiology--Juvenile literature.
Illustrated works.