Explains how muscle and bones work together to help the human body move, providing information about the skeletal system, muscles, nerves, and more. Includes photographs and diagrams.
An overview of the human urinary 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.
An overview of the human muscular 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.
Describes the unexpected pleasure that the author, who is bedridden due to an illness, finds in observing a snail as it resides first on her bedside table and then in a homemade terrarium.
Explores evolutionary history for answers to why certain diseases exist, discussing the effects of environmental factors such as climate, food, and drink on the genes of human ancestors thousands and hundreds of years ago, and examines connections between genetic inheritance and who gets which diseases.
Presents a discussion of the parts of the central and peripheral nervous systems of the body and how they work together and examines the five senses, major areas of the brain, and disorders connected to the nervous system.
Explains the sense of sight including information on how the eye works, which animals can see colors, and the different types and functions of eyes in birds, reptiles, and underwater creatures.
Presents information on how the ear works, on the hearing ability of various mammals, birds, and insects, and on the secret language of elephants and whales.
