Human Body

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by Steve Parker

An exciting and original thematic encyclopedia ideal for home, school, or library use, Human Body explains over 2,000 key words in the study of cells, bones, muscles, nerves, blood, digestion, reproduction, and growth. Thematic arrangement allows readers to access information by subject and explore related topics. Detailed full-color illustrations reveal the structure and function of the human body. Full explanations make understanding the human body clear and simple. Fully indexed and cross-referenced, Human Body was prepared in consultation with leading educational experts.

Genres: Nonfiction

48 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1993

About the author

Steve Parker is a British science writer of children's and adult's books. He has written more than 300 titles and contributed to or edited another 150.

Born in Warrington, Lancashire, in 1952, Parker attended Strodes College, Egham and gained a BSc First Class Honours in Zoology at the University of Wales, Bangor. He worked as an exhibition scientist at the Natural History Museum, and as editor and managing editor at Dorling Kindersley Publishers, and commissioning editor at medical periodical GP, before becoming a freelance writer in the late 1980s. He is a Senior Scientific Fellow of the Zoological Society of London. Parker is based in Suffolk with his family.

Parker's writing career began with 10 early titles in Dorling Kindersley's multi-award-winning Eyewitness series, from the late 1980s to the late 1990s. He has since worked for more than a dozen children's book publishers and been shortlisted for, among others, the Rhone-Poulenc Science Book Prize, Times Educational Information Book of the Year, and Blue Peter Book Award.

Reviews

[Jenn · Rating 3 out of 5]

I just re-read this for the first time in over a decade and most of it still holds up well. The illustrations are well-done and in my opinion truly help clarify the information. And I'm amazed at how much prosthetics have improved since the book's examples, and its copyright (1998).

[Rania]

Human body written by Steve Parker, Human body consists of a lot of things. The first thing that the Human bodies consist is the skeletal system that includes all of the bones and joints in the body. Each bone is a complex living organ that is made up of many cells, protein fibers, and minerals. Then there is the muscular system that is the responsible for the movement of the human body. Attached to the bones of the skeletal system are about 700 named muscles that make up roughly half of a person’s body weight. The third one is the cardiovascular system that consists of the heart, blood vessels, and the approximately 5 liters of blood that the blood vessels transport. The fourth one is the digestive system that is a group of organs working together to convert food into energy and basic nutrients to feed the entire body. Food passes through a long tube inside the body known as the alimentary canal or the gastrointestinal tract. Then the fifth one is the endocrine system that includes all of the glands of the body and the hormones produced by those glands. The sixth one is the nervous system that consists of the brain, spinal cord, sensory organs, and all of the nerves that connect these organs with the rest of the body. Together, these organs are responsible for the control of the body and communication among its parts. The next organ in your body is the cells of the human body require a constant stream of oxygen to stay alive. The respiratory system provides oxygen to the body’s cells while removing carbon dioxide, a waste product that can be lethal if allowed to accumulate. Then there is the immune system that is our body’s defense system against infectious pathogenic viruses, bacteria, and fungi as well as parasitic animals and protists. Then there are the urinary system consists of the kidneys, ureters, urinary bladder, and urethra. The kidneys filter the blood to remove wastes and produce urine. Then the final system is the integumentary system is an organ system consisting of the skin, hair, nails, and exocrine glands. The skin is only a few millimeters thick yet is by far the largest organ in the body. All of those things are in our bodies.


I think my friend would be interesting of reading this book. This book talks about the human body and I think that it will be interesting to know what there is in our bodies. The author writes this book because it's interesting to learn about Human bodies, and he want that everyone to know about what there is in the Human bodies. And he searches for the Human body, so, he wanted to show it to everyone. The part of the book that the most interesting to me is the integumentary system is an organ system consisting of the skin, hair, nails, and exocrine glands. The skin is only a few millimeters thick yet is by far the largest organ in the body. It was interesting because the reader didn't know that the integumentary system is the skin.

I would recommend this book to all middle school.And to people that interested to learn about the Human Body. And also to people that don't know what there is in their body. The part that I find interesting is the integumentary system is an organ system consisting of the skin, hair, nails, and exocrine glands. The skin is only a few millimeters thick yet is by far the largest organ in the body. And the part that I didn't find interesting is the skeletal system that includes all of the bones and joints in the body. Each bone is a complex living organ that is made up of many cells, protein fibers, and minerals.

[Cindy D · Rating 3 out of 5]

This thematic encyclopedia presents key words, a definition along with a little blurb on how it works accompanied with large life like pictures for a clearer connection. This book could be used throughout science study on the body as a reference to topic.

[Yvensong · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a very nice visual reference book of the human body. The drawings and the text (mostly captions) are clear, precise and very easy to follow and understand.