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2) Body systems
Publisher
Gale, Cengage Learning
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (2 volumes (xxi, 818 pages)) : illustrations (chiefly color)
Language
English
Description
Covers the 14 systems of the human body and their role and functions both from an individual organ perspective and each system as a whole, as well as what occurs when systems are not functioning properly due to injury, disease, or other causes. Entries cover the development of each body system from birth to full adult growth, as well as adjustments by the body during the senior years.
Author
Publisher
Little Bee Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"From fingers that tickle to bellies that need to be gobbled up, toddlers play and laugh as they learn the names of their body parts."--Publisher's website.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Every one of us contains a billion times more atoms than there are gains of sand in the Earth's deserts. How did these elements combine to make us human? Levitt shares the awe-inspiring story of the elements that make up the human body, and how these building blocks of life traveled billions of miles across billions of years to make us who we are. It's also the story of the scientists who made groundbreaking discoveries-- investigations marked by...
6) The body book: the law of hunger, the science of strength, and other ways to love your amazing body
Author
Language
English
Description
Cameron Diaz shares her formula for becoming happier, healthier, and stronger in this positive, essential guide that is grounded in science and inspired by personal experience. Throughout her career, Cameron Diaz has been a role model for millions of women. By her own candid admission, though, this fit, glamorous, but down to earth star was not always health conscious. Learning about the inseparable link between nutrition and the body was just one...
Publisher
Discovery Communication
Pub. Date
[2009]
Edition
Widescreen edition.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (168 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
More advanced than a computer yet more versatile and resilient than any machine is the amazing miracle known as the human body. In these four fascinating programs, we analyze the human body from conception through old age and more.
11) Leech
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"In an isolated chateau, as far north as north goes, the baron's doctor has died. The doctor's replacement has a mystery to solve: discovering how the Institute lost track of one of its many bodies. For hundreds of years the Interprovincial Medical Institute has grown by taking root in young minds and shaping them into doctors, replacing every human practitioner of medicine. The Institute is here to help humanity, to cure and to cut, to cradle and...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
A forensic anthropologist tracks the field's increasing sophistication as reflected by cases throughout his career, describing such newer technologies as DNA processing and electron microscopy, and examining past cases in which new developments proved pivotal.
14) Ears, eyes, nose
Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 17 cm.
Language
English
Description
Simple text and photographs of young children help toddlers learn the names of body parts. Includes tips for sharing this book with young children.
15) Parts
Author
Series
Parts books (Tedd Arnold) volume 1
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
1997.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
28 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
A five-year-old boy thinks his body is falling apart until he learns new teeth grow and hair and skin replace themselves.
17) Body actions
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2012]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Young readers learn about the human body and how the skeletal, muscular, respiratory, and circulatory systems function.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
This book lets us peer into the world of microbes -- not as germs to be eradicated, but as invaluable parts of our lives -- allowing us to see how ubiquitous and vital microbes are: they sculpt our organs, defend us from disease, break down our food, educate our immune systems, guide our behavior, bombard our genomes with their genes, and grant us incredible abilities. While much of the prevailing discussion around the microbiome has focused on its...
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