digestive system

Explores how the digestive system works. Demonstrates how the body turns food into energy with a steam engine that runs on cornflakes. Features an interactive question-and-answer format and hands-on activities.

Explains the processes by which a hamburger and other foods are used to make energy, strong bones, and solid muscles as they pass through the digestive system.

A simple introduction to the stomach, including its makeup, function within the digestive system, stomach diseases, and how to keep your stomach healthy.

An illustrated introduction to the stomach and digestive system, explaining how they work to turn food into energy.

Examines the basics of good nutrition by studying the categories of nutrients, their functions in the body, and problems of diet and nutritional deficiencies.

Questions and answers explain the human digestive system and how it uses food for nutrition.

Uses illustrations and microphotography to support lessons on how the digestive system functions in the human body. Includes definitions of unfamiliar words, and a cumulative index.

Introduces the digestive and reproductive systems of the body, including the importance of nutrition, the responsibilities of the liver and kidneys, and stages of human development from conception to adult.

Describes the digestive system's parts and discusses each step of the digestive process in detail, covering such topics as taste buds, swallowing, the duration of digestion, pancreas juices, the villi of the small intestine, and the importance of the kidneys.

An overview of the human digestive system that covers its components and processes, its common malfunctions and diseases, tests and treatments, doctors and scientists who have made significant discoveries, and historic and contemporary research.