Bibliograph

Amazing body, author, Moria Butterfield

Type

Label

Amazing body, author, Moria Butterfield

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Amazing body

Oclc number

892701693

Responsibility statement

author, Moria Butterfield

Series statement

Superstats

Summary

"Discover amazing facts about the human body! Have you ever wondered why you shiver in the cold? Why your blood is red? How long is the world's longest nose? Find out all this and more in this fascinating book, filled with hundreds of super stats about our own bodies!"--Page [4] cover

Table Of Contents

Head start: the brain -- Keeping it together: the skeleton -- Power pullers: muscles -- Liquid of life: blood -- Your beat: the heart -- In! Out!: breathing -- Take a bite: the digestive system -- Another bite: the digestive system continued -- Smart food: healthy eating -- Chew on this: our teeth -- Say what?: vocal organs -- Secret signals: glands and hormones -- See this: all about the eye -- Smells good: all about the nose -- Sounds clever: all about the ear -- Skin deep: all about the skin -- That tickles!: how nerves work -- Cute cuticles, fab follicles: nails and hair -- Mini marvels: your cells -- The recipe of you: your chromosomes -- A human begins: being a baby -- Hello, baby!: being a baby continued -- Good growing: body growth -- Feeling bad: all about illness -- Enemy attackers: bacteria and viruses -- Yucky critters: parasites and microbeasts -- Body science: new science breakthroughs

Target audience

juvenile

resource.variantTitle

Superstats : the human body

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