Helen Plum Library

Uses the perspective of tiny people traveling through a man's body to present its various systems and organs and how they work A book that actually takes you inside - and around - the human body to see how it works, with the help of some truly unique illustrations and some very small people! Explore your brain, your bones, and everything in between in incredible cross-section drawings of all the body systems. Inside each one are teams of tiny characters...

"Itching to know what bugs live in your eyelashes, why you get goose bumps, or how ants can be used to heal a wound? Use this delightfully disgusting collection of kid-tastic facts to gross out your friends and relatives."--Amazon.com

How are scabs formed? Why do mites live on your eyelashes? How much urine can a human bladder hold? Learn the answers to these questions and even more super gross human body facts with Dr. Ick and Sam the Dog if you dare!

Learn about animals from the inside out. Students see a picture of an animal and then, when placed on a light table, see the skeleton underneath the skin. Includes a chart with names and locations of major bones in the human body

"Repetitive, rhythmic text celebrates the body parts that humans and animals have in common. On each spread, large photographs feature animals and children of diverse backgrounds and abilities, focusing on a different body part each time. A final spread directed at caregivers shares age-appropriate enrichment activities."--

"Learn all about the human body one fact at a time! Explore the body from head to toe-and everything in between. Along the way, you'll get to know the body systems that keep us alive and make us human. Colorful illustrations paired with engaging photos make fact-o-graphics fun!"--

"Esta impresionante exploración del cuerpo humano, ya en su tercera edición y revisada con los avances médicos más recientes, es el libro de referencia generalista más detallado sobre anatomía humana que hay en el mercado. Usado por estudiantes y profesionales de la salud, es a su vez lo suficientemente accesible para que cualquier tipo de lector pueda adentrarse en él y disfrutarlo. De la mano de la profesora Alice Roberts, reconocida académica,...

If the brain is the theatre, consciousness is the play. But who or what controls what we watch and how we watch it? In Theatre of the Mind Jay Ingram, whose past scientific investigations include the properties of honey on toast and the complexities of the barmaid's brain, tackles one of the most controversial of subjects: consciousness. Scientists have long tried to map our brains and understand how it is that we think and are self-aware, but what...

Landmark discusses the evidence validating fingerprints as a means of personal identification, permanence of the fingerprint characteristics, uniqueness of an assemblage of ridge details, and the variability and classifiable nature of finger patterns - along with such fundamental investigations as biological and racial variations and the inheritance of fingerprint traits. 34 tables. 15 plates.

Are you a life science or allied health major eager to dive into the fascinating world of human anatomy and physiology? Look no further! "Anatomy and Physiology for Students: A College Level Study Guide for Life Science and Allied Health Majors" is an essential companion to help you master the human body's complexities. This comprehensive guide is written by a team of expert educators and healthcare professionals who have designed it to be an...