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Pub. Date
[2009]
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Marko the Pencil uses clear explanations, science models, and amusing animations to teach students about the human body. Includes information about the five senses and the skeletal, nervous, muscular, circulatory, urinary, respiratory, and digestive systems. Features a practice human body test.
10) The human body
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.3 - AR Pts: 2
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Explores the human body through illustrations and photographs, including how our bodies are organized, the role DNA plays in our makeup, how the brain and nervous system conrol our movements, why we have dreams and memories, and how we sense the world around us..
11) The human body
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.4 - AR Pts: 2
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Examines the structure and function of various parts of the human body, including bones, muscles, heart, lungs, brain, nervous system, digestive system, immune system, and reproductive organs.
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"Bill Bryson, bestselling author of A Short History of Nearly Everything, takes us on a head-to-toe tour of the marvel that is the human body. As compulsively readable as it is comprehensive, this is Bryson at his very best, a must-read owner's manual for everybody. Bill Bryson once again proves himself to be an incomparable companion as he guides us through the human body--how it functions, its remarkable ability to heal itself, and (unfortunately)...
13) Gray's anatomy
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Written in the 1850s when its author was a young doctor, Gray's Anatomy was the most comprehensive and accessible medical textbook of its time. This compact volume comprises an abridged version of the classic 1860 edition - the last to be published during Gray's lifetime - and the masterly wood-block illustrations that ensured the runaway success of the original book. A national and international treasure, Gray's Anatomy is essential reading for anyone...
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Few of us realize what strange wet miracles of science operate inside us after every meal. In her trademark style, Mary Roach investigates the beginning, and end, of our food, addressing such questions as why crunchy food is so appealing, how much we can eat before our stomachs burst, and whether constipation killed Elvis.
17) The Human body
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Introduces the component parts of the human body and explores the ways in which they function.
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Pub. Date
2021.
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"In this fascinating journey through the human body and across the globe, Dr. Reisman weaves together stories about our insides with a unique perspective on life, culture, and the natural world. Jonathan Reisman, M.D.-a physician, adventure traveler and naturalist-brings readers on an odyssey navigating our insides like an explorer discovering a new world with The Unseen Body. With unique insight, Reisman shows us how understanding mountain watersheds...