Questions and answers about the human body: why does skin tan, what makes hair straight or curly, how do broken bones mend, why is blood red, how do the senses work, where do babies come from, and more.
Tells how the body works, from simple cells, the building bricks of life, to the complexity of the nervous system and the brain that controls the whole organism.
Lift-the-flap book enables readers to see the inner workings of the body through anatomically correct charts and text that show what lies beneath the skin, the skeletal system, muscle network, respiratory, and digestive systems.
The author provides an account of the semester he spent observing first-year medical students dissect cadavers at Emory University in Atlanta, and teaches lessons about the human body and the process of becoming a doctor.
Illustrations made by using CAT-scans, X-ray photography, crystal scintillation, computer mapping, and thermography show how the body works and explains the different types of body tissue.
