Thirty trillion cells : how your body really works /
Thomas, Isabel, 1979-
Thirty trillion cells : how your body really works / 30 trillion cells 30,000,000,000,000 cells written by Isabel Thomas ; illustrated by Dawn Cooper. - 64 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Includes index.
What's inside a cell? -- Why do we have so many cells? -- How do cells know what to do? -- Brain cells -- Heart cells -- Fat cells -- Blood cells -- Bone cells -- Skin cells -- Liver cells -- Sex cells -- From cells to systems -- Digestive system -- Respiratory system -- Cardiovascular system -- Skeletomuscular system -- Integumentary system -- Immune system -- Excretory system -- Nervous system -- Endocrine system -- Where do cells come from? -- When cells go wrong -- Why don't cells live forever? -- 30 trillion more -- The garden in your gut -- You and your cells -- Glossary -- Index.
"... provides a detailed look at the topic of the human body, covering of the body's major systems and organs, as well as looking at the cellular level and at the genetics that play a part in making us who we are."--
9781803380179 1803380179
Human physiology--Juvenile literature.
Cells--Juvenile literature.
Instructional and educational works.
Illustrated works.
Thirty trillion cells : how your body really works / 30 trillion cells 30,000,000,000,000 cells written by Isabel Thomas ; illustrated by Dawn Cooper. - 64 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Includes index.
What's inside a cell? -- Why do we have so many cells? -- How do cells know what to do? -- Brain cells -- Heart cells -- Fat cells -- Blood cells -- Bone cells -- Skin cells -- Liver cells -- Sex cells -- From cells to systems -- Digestive system -- Respiratory system -- Cardiovascular system -- Skeletomuscular system -- Integumentary system -- Immune system -- Excretory system -- Nervous system -- Endocrine system -- Where do cells come from? -- When cells go wrong -- Why don't cells live forever? -- 30 trillion more -- The garden in your gut -- You and your cells -- Glossary -- Index.
"... provides a detailed look at the topic of the human body, covering of the body's major systems and organs, as well as looking at the cellular level and at the genetics that play a part in making us who we are."--
9781803380179 1803380179
Human physiology--Juvenile literature.
Cells--Juvenile literature.
Instructional and educational works.
Illustrated works.