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The body book / written by Dr. Bipasha Choudhury.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, NY : DK Publishing, 2022Copyright date: ©2022Edition: First American editionDescription: 72 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780744050226
  • 0744050227
Other title:
  • Subtitle on cover: Blood, bones, guts, and more
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
Your amazing body -- What are we made of? -- body systems -- Your super skeleton -- Mighty muscles -- The beating heart -- Blood -- The story of blood -- Breathe in -- Your brilliant brain -- Network of nerves -- The secrets of skin -- Nails and hair -- Touch -- Eyes and sight -- Ears and hearing -- Taste and smell -- Teeth -- The journey of food -- Cleaning the blood -- The story of medicine -- The human life cycle -- Keeping healthy -- Sleep -- Mental health -- Body talk -- Viruses and bacteria -- Body defenses -- Pandemics through time -- Getting better -- Future bodies.
Summary: Your body is amazing. It keeps you alive and carries you around every day. But how much do you really know about what’s going on beneath the surface? Jump on board and take a journey under your skin, through your insides, and back in time to explore milestones in medicine and the latest scientific discoveries about the human body. Why is snot green? How does skin heal itself? Why did Ancient Romans use their pee to try to whiten their teeth? Packed full of disgusting and delightful facts, this book contains the amazing answers to these questions and more. Filled with bite-sized chunks of information, The Body Book covers everything from the brain, skull, and mental health, through to how your body protects itself and how surgery has evolved through the ages. Other topics include what poop can tell us about the body, a timeline of pandemics through history, and amazing recent medical advances such as 3-D-printed prosthetic limbs. The Body Book is an ideal introduction to human anatomy and the history of medical advances. Perfect for budding young scientists, doctors, and nurses!Summary: Exploring milestones in medicine and the latest scientific discoveries, this guide to the human body covers everything from the brain, skull, and mental health through how the body protects itself.
Holdings
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Children's Book Children's Book Dr. James Carlson Library Children's NonFiction 612 C552 Available 33111010982102
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's NonFiction 612 C552 Available 33111010845929
Children's Book Children's Book Northport Library Children's NonFiction 612 C552 Checked out 07/05/2024 33111009437845
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Your body is amazing. It keeps you alive and carries you around every day. But how much do you really know about what's going on beneath the surface?


Jump on board and take a journey under your skin, through your insides, and back in time to explore milestones in medicine and the latest scientific discoveries about the human body.

Why is snot green? How does skin heal itself? Why did Ancient Romans use their pee to try to whiten their teeth? Packed full of disgusting and delightful facts, this book contains the amazing answers to these questions and more. Filled with bite-sized chunks of information, The Body Book covers everything from the brain, skull, and mental health, through to how your body protects itself and how surgery has evolved through the ages. Other topics include what poop can tell us about the body, a timeline of pandemics through history, and amazing recent medical advances such as 3-D-printed prosthetic limbs.

The Body Book is an ideal introduction to human anatomy and the history of medical advances. Perfect for budding young scientists, doctors, and nurses!

"Blood, bones, guts, and more" -- Cover.

Includes index.

Your amazing body -- What are we made of? -- body systems -- Your super skeleton -- Mighty muscles -- The beating heart -- Blood -- The story of blood -- Breathe in -- Your brilliant brain -- Network of nerves -- The secrets of skin -- Nails and hair -- Touch -- Eyes and sight -- Ears and hearing -- Taste and smell -- Teeth -- The journey of food -- Cleaning the blood -- The story of medicine -- The human life cycle -- Keeping healthy -- Sleep -- Mental health -- Body talk -- Viruses and bacteria -- Body defenses -- Pandemics through time -- Getting better -- Future bodies.

Your body is amazing. It keeps you alive and carries you around every day. But how much do you really know about what’s going on beneath the surface? Jump on board and take a journey under your skin, through your insides, and back in time to explore milestones in medicine and the latest scientific discoveries about the human body. Why is snot green? How does skin heal itself? Why did Ancient Romans use their pee to try to whiten their teeth? Packed full of disgusting and delightful facts, this book contains the amazing answers to these questions and more. Filled with bite-sized chunks of information, The Body Book covers everything from the brain, skull, and mental health, through to how your body protects itself and how surgery has evolved through the ages. Other topics include what poop can tell us about the body, a timeline of pandemics through history, and amazing recent medical advances such as 3-D-printed prosthetic limbs. The Body Book is an ideal introduction to human anatomy and the history of medical advances. Perfect for budding young scientists, doctors, and nurses!

Exploring milestones in medicine and the latest scientific discoveries, this guide to the human body covers everything from the brain, skull, and mental health through how the body protects itself.

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