Physiology category: 1850 books

"Dem Bones, dem bones, dem dry bones." You've heard the song. But what really are bones? Are they living things? Or are they just piles of stuff that got hard? The quick easy answers are: Things in your body, yes, and yes. Bones are the levers in your body. They attach to your muscles so...

A gleefully gruesome look at the actual science behind the most outlandish, cartoonish, and impossible deaths you can imagine What would happen if you took a swim outside a deep-sea submarine wearing only a swimsuit? How long could you last if you stood on the surface of the sun? How far could...

Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and text highlighting to engage reluctant readers! What color is your hair? Human hair color ranges from white and light blond to black. Red is the least common hair color. What determines the color and texture of your hair? Read this book to find out about how your genes affect your physical features.

Can you roll your tongue into a U-shape? Some people can. But other people's tongues stay flat. What determines whether you can roll your tongue?

Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and text highlighting to engage reluctant readers! Can you stretch your thumb back to your arm? Is your pinkie straight or slightly bent? What determines the way your joints bend—or don't bend? Read this book to find out about how your genes affect your physical features.

Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and text highlighting to engage reluctant readers! Can you roll your tongue into a U-shape? Some people can. But other people's tongues stay flat. What determines whether you can roll your tongue?

Noses are wonderful things. They help us breathe. They are lined with mucous and hairs called cilia, which trap germs and tiny particles that can make us sick. They generate quarts (litres) of snot. They let us smell flowers and freshly baked foods. They also warn us of dangers from fires, rotten...

"Ugh!!" Scarlet tweeted in frustration at her top hat nest.    "What is wrong Scarlet?" Ashby asked her.    "This straw will not stay where it is supposed to stay! It is so frustrating!" Scarlet tweeted loudly.    "You sound really frustrated. Maybe you should calm down...

Our eyes are round objects that sit at the halfway point of our head. They are about one inch (25 mm) in diameter and come in a variety of colors. They allow us to see all the wonders of the world and beyond. We still don’t understand exactly how they work in transforming light into color and objects,...

This comprehensive title presents the history and practices of medical science, covering developments in the field from antiquity through the Middle Ages and into cutting-edge 21st-century techniques. The major branches of medicine are covered, as are more in-depth looks at clinical practice, disease...

Becoming a Frog covers each stage in a frog’s metamorphosis from a tiny egg to an adult. Carefully chosen photographs accompany the copy, so readers can see and understand a frog’s amazing transformation clearly. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Abdo Kids is a division of ABDO.

Why can't we breathe underwater? Is the small intestine really longer than the human body? How does our brain tell the rest of our body what to do? Find the answers to these and lots of other human body puzzlers inside this fantastic, fact-packed book. Perfect for curious kids aged 8 and up.

The human body is an amazing thing. It also has some really strange traits! From boogers to brains, find out some really weird stuff about human bodies!

Necessary for everything from reflexes to reading to running, it’s no exaggeration to say that the brain and nervous system are responsible for nearly every endeavor of human activity. The sheer volume of information that the brain must process and respond to at every second of each day renders...