The Complete Human Body

by D.K. Publishing

We inhabit it, we are it, and we are surrounded by 6.8 billion examples of it on the planet - the human body. Some parts of it are still mysteries to science and much is a mystery to the average person on the street. But we've come a long way from the sketches and diagrams drawn by the first anatomists in Ancient Greece. New medical procedures and imaging techniques have allowed "access all areas", revealing incredible detail and providing a much deeper understanding of how our bodies work. Making full use of all the latest knowledge, The Complete Human Body is the definitive guide to the development, form, function, and disorders of the human body, illustrated with
unprecedented clarity by new computer-generated artworks and the latest medical and microscopic imaging.

The Complete Human Body consists of five chapters. The first provides an overview of the human as an organism, covering human evolution, genetics, and the composition of the body. The second chapter explores human anatomy, looking at the body region by region (head and neck; thorax; abdomen and pelvis; upper arm; forearm and hand; hip and thigh; lower leg). The third chapter explores and explains how the body works, from individual organs to whole systems. Chapters four and five trace the human life cycle from zygote to old age, and profile the major diseases and disorders that can affect us.

Contents
PRELIMS (5pp)
1. INTEGRATED BODY (20pp)
Human evolution - from our primate ancestors to modern humans.
The human genome - our unique genetic makeup.
Body composition - what the body is made up of.
The complete human - how body systems work together to maintain health and equilibrium.

2. ANATOMY (240pp)
Body Systems - an overview of the anatomy of the body systems:
Skin, hair, and nails
Skeletal system
Muscular system
Nervous system
Cardiovascular system
Lymphatic system
Endocrine system
Respiratory system
Digestive system
Urinary system
Reproductive system
Anatomy atlas - a detailed look at the anatomy of the human body, organized by body regions:
Head and neck
Torso (divided into thorax and abdomen)
Shoulder and arm (divided into upper and lower)
Hip and leg (divided into upper and lower)

3. HOW THE BODY WORKS (120pp)
Skin, hair, and nails: includes skin functions,
skin renewal, skin healing, hair growth.
Skeletal system: includes bone functions, bone growth, making blood vessels, different types of joint, cartilages and ligaments, functions of the skull, functions of the spine, ribs, sternum, and pelvis.
Muscular system: includes muscle functions, different types of muscle, how muscles work.
Nervous system: includes nerve impulses, nerve regeneration, central nervous system, brain functions, the limbic system, the hypothalamus, peripheral nervous system, autonomic nervous system, voluntary and involuntary responses, reflexes, the senses.
Cardiovascular system: includes blood functions, blood formation, how the heart works, circulation, arteries and veins.
Endocrine system: includes gland functions, hormone secretion, how hormones work, triggers,
controls, feedback.
Lymphatic and immune system: includes body defenses, non-specific and specific responses, types and functions of white cells, fighting infections, spleen functions.
Respiratory system: includes breathing, how the lungs work, gas exchange, vocalization, sneezing and coughing.
Digestive system: includes teeth and chewing, production and function of saliva, swallowing, how the stomach works, function of the intestines, how the liver works, processing nutrients.
Urinary system: includes blood filtration, blood volume and pressure regulation, producing urine, urine removal.
Reproductive system: includes production of sperm and seminal fluid, female reproductive system, sexual intercourse, milk production.

4. LIFE CYCLE (46pp) - covers our development from conception to old age.
Includes life cycle overview, inheritance and genes, conception and embryo development,fetal development, changes in the mother during pregnancy, labor and birth, newborn babies, childhood, puberty and adolescence, the aging process and death.

5. DISEASES AND DISORDERS (60pp) - profiles the major diseases and disorders; organized by system.

INDEX (12pp)
GLOSSARY (7pp)
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS (2pp)

Genres: Science, Nonfiction, Reference, Biology, Health, Medicine, Medical

512 pages, Hardcover

First published August 30, 2010

About the author

Dorling Kindersley (DK) is a British multinational publishing company specializing in illustrated reference books for adults and children in 62 languages. It is part of Penguin Random House, a consumer publishing company jointly owned by Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA and Pearson PLC. Bertelsmann owns 53% of the company and Pearson owns 47%.

Established in 1974, DK publishes a range of titles in genres including travel (including Eyewitness Travel Guides), arts and crafts, business, history, cooking, gaming, gardening, health and fitness, natural history, parenting, science and reference. They also publish books for children, toddlers and babies, covering such topics as history, the human body, animals and activities, as well as licensed properties such as LEGO, Disney and DeLiSo, licensor of the toy Sophie la Girafe. DK has offices in New York, London, Munich, New Delhi, Toronto and Melbourne.

Source: Wikipedia.

Reviews

[H (no longer expecting notifications) Balikov · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a very beautiful book about the human body --- both the outside and what lies inside.
Here is an example that shows the book’s descriptive strengths and allows you to infer the book’s limitations (some self-imposed).

Endocrine System
“The body’s internal environment is controlled and regulated by nerves and hormones. The autonomic nervous system uses nerve impulses and neurotransmitters to send information in a swift and localized way. The glands of the endocrine system produce hormones---chemical messengers, often carried in the blood---that act in a slower, more prolonged, and more generalized way. Both the autonomic nervous system and the endocrine system are governed by the hypothalmus in the brain. The pituitary gland produces hormones that affect other endocrine glands, which sometimes form discrete organs. There are also hormone-producing cells in the tissues of many other organs.”

This is not a book that will tell you how to stay healthy. It isn’t a Mayo Clinic publication that addresses a certain disease or disability. But if your coach or trainer tells you that your gastrocnemius is inflamed or your chiropractor tells you that your lumbar 6 seems herniated or your doctor says that your optic nerve is impinged by an meningioma, this book is a wonderful way of understanding where that thing is. Layer upon layer is revealed. There are views of the brain from top, sides and bottom. Position and orientation are illustrated.

There are sections on genetics and certain disorders. And a bit on evolution of humans. But what comes off each page is the DK graphic beauty that can both stun and inform. Wow!

[Julie · Rating 5 out of 5]

This heavy coffee table book lives up to its title. It's fabulous and has the potential to keep you occupied for many hours! I thoroughly enjoyed pouring over the detailed color pictures.

[Marci - · Rating 5 out of 5]

With the full colour diagrams, and illustrations along with a DVD, this will be the book you want if you are curious about the human body

[Jenna · Rating 3 out of 5]

A extremely indepth guide into all aspects of the human body. Highly recommended.

[Beth Daugherty · Rating 5 out of 5]

absolutely amazing!! perfect for helping with all those crazy questions my 9 yr old has. it's our new coffee table book.

[Jayshant Singh · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ggood

[Liz Neves]

I am loving this book. Continually blown away by the human body.

[Jules Bertaut · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book was pretty informative and the graphics were very cool, but it was exhaustingly cis/het (male-this, female-that, puberty=interest in the opposite sex, etc.). Also the heart and lung graphics were confusing because the blood into the lungs was often red and the blood out was often blue, which is weird because red often signals oxygenated blood.

[Olivia Victorius · Rating 5 out of 5]

great book. answer most of the question related to human body. I love how they explain it in a very simple way yet contain so much information that easy to understand by people with no science background. amazing.

[Sang Tran · Rating 4 out of 5]

Sách viết rất chi tiết với những hình ảnh trực quan sinh động về cơ thể người và các bệnh lý thường gặp.
Điểm trừ duy nhất có lẽ là cỡ chữ sử dụng trong sách hơi nhỏ và dày. Khiến cho việc đọc khá mỏi mắt.

[Larkin :) · Rating 5 out of 5]

Literally has all possible information for anything. I hit my head and was concerned about it so I looked through this book and saw what could have been damaged which was intruiging and I will be looking through this again if anyone has anything interesting to look up. (not to be weird lol)

[Karen · Rating 4 out of 5]

My third grade son checked out this book for the illustrations. He only looked at the illustrations, he didn't even read the text. This book is worth four stars just based on that.

[Amgad Muhammad · Rating 4 out of 5]

Thorough, encyclopedic

[Fiona🌸 · Rating 5 out of 5]

得到了运动损伤患者的五星肯定，仔细研究了肘关节、膝关节的骨胳、肌肉、韧带，简单翻阅了最后一部份“疾病和功能失调”，简而言之：详细、准确、清晰，描述保守，但作为小孩的科普书，这本太难了。（打算留着作工具书查阅

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[Maureen · Rating 5 out of 5]

Brilliant!

[Waleed Kuba · Rating 5 out of 5]

amazing

[Joshua Friesen · Rating 3 out of 5]

Dk publishing books are a great resource for kids

[Dachokie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great Home Reference …

This book was reviewed as part of Amazon's Vine program which included a free advance copy of the book.

DK’s HUMAN ANATOMY is great graphic reference for a general understanding of the human body.

The book is divided into three main sections, each with a designated color page corner for “easy reference”:

1) “The Integrated Body” – serves as an introductory chapter that explains human genetics, the human cell, body composition and an overview of the body’s systems.

2) “Body Systems” – the “meat and potatoes” of the book. A thoroughly detailed graphic presentation of the human body (skeletal, neuro, lymphatic, muscular, cardiovascular, reproductive, etc.). All organs and systems are shown with multiple annotations accompanying each graphic. Visually enticing and thoroughly notated, it is easy to get wrapped up in simply flipping pages.

3) “Imaging the Body” – Explains the various manners in which the body can be imaged to detect ailments, monitor the effects of treatments and discover/understand the progression of disease.

I found the book to be highly informative and interesting … a superb reference for the family library. It examines every aspect of the human body and does back up its claim as “the definitive visual guide”. I have yet to see a book as thorough. I think the benefit of this book is using it as a means to understanding how the human body operates as a whole rather than a medical guide to diagnose ailments/injuries. However, seeing how the various systems work independently and together can provide enough information to piece together a rudimentary understanding of how/why some ailments can/do occur.

My only real issue with the book is how it is organized. I wish the “Body Systems” section was broken-down so the various systems could be located easier (rather than sifting through 200 green-tabbed pages for specific systems). A smaller issue is with the annotations … they serve mostly to identify/name particulars. While some of the annotations do explain functions, I would have liked to see more of the explanatory annotations throughout the book.

Aside from a few minor issues, I can’t find a reason NOT to own this book. It’s over-sized, interesting, impressively visual, highly-detailed and educational … an essential reference for every home.

[Alain Burrese · Rating 5 out of 5]

DK's “Human Anatomy: The Definitive Visual Guide” is visually impressive for sure. This large size hard-cover book has full color illustrations throughout along with a complete overview of the entire human body. This includes parts on cells and body composition at the beginning, moving into sections on Skin, Hair and Nails; Skeletal System; Muscular System; Nervous System; Respiratory System; Cardiovascular System, Lymphatic and Immune System; Digestive System; Urinary System, Reproductive System; and the Endocrine System. The book concludes with a section on imaging the body.

It should be noted that on the cover it says, “Content Previously Published In “The Complete Human Body.” So if you have that, you probably wouldn't want to get this volume. This is a good book for anyone wanting to “See” the components of the human body. It is great for visuals, hence the name, “Human Anatomy: The Definitive Visual Guide.” If you are looking for more in depth descriptions of all of the systems mentioned above, you may need to also get additional resources. So this book might help your high school student understand basic biology and human anatomy, but for a college student taking college level anatomy classes further references will be needed.

I think this is an excellent visual guide for those that want simple understanding with great visuals on human anatomy, because most people don't want to read a detailed medical guide on anatomy and biology.

[Brenda Humphreys · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a great book for big colorful pictures. I love the pictures showing all the muscles and bones of the body and showing them up close in sections. This book is good for people who want to learn about the muscles and the bones and the names of each, but it really does not go into much more details. Pictures take over the book without much depth into learning much about anything else. The one picture that I was looking for was how all the organs are situated in the body. They go by sections which shows where the organs are located. I wanted it all together. I finally found one that I thought I could use, but they only had it of a male. I was disappointed. That is what I was looking for, but then they didn't have one of a woman's body with her female organs. I guess in a big impressive book like this one I expected a lot more.

[Reka · Rating 5 out of 5]

The illustrations in this book are beautiful and the stucture of the book is really good. The chapters are clour coded and there are many sections and little extra spaces additional information. The texts are short, easy to understand and still have scientific vocabulary, which is not that easy to do, but is well made in this book.

[Vijay · Rating 5 out of 5]

What an exceptional book. Great for non-medical laymen. I really appreciate the introductory book on anatomy and physiology.

I can't imagine why it has taken me so long to read about our own bodies. As we get older, we should understand our bodies a bit better and come to learn of what can go wrong and how we can better ourselves by merely looking after ourselves by keeping better dietary and exercise habits.

[Leonard · Rating 5 out of 5]

This large format, richly illustrated, over 500 page book is a great place to learn all you need to know about the human anatomy. I wish there were books like this when I was a kid. It's probably too heavy for many "kids" to even hold, but infinitely fascinating just like the subject and would help prepare one for a career in health care. Very worthwhile.

[Daniel · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a thorough guide to the anatomical features of human bodies. There is also information included about many types of physical disorders and diseases. This book is best served as a handy reference that should be nearby on a sturdy bookshelf. The pictures are large and the text is easy to read. The book is heavy, so it will mostly be kept in one location when not in use.

[Adenin · Rating 4 out of 5]

a great book, to know how body work, simple and very interesting ;) in the book there are about anatomy human, how body works and function and about disease, there is also a glossary hehe

suitable for all ages ;)

[Vanessa Villegas]

It was a good book. It gives a general idea of the human body structure. Note: there isn't much on the function.

[Jim Blessing · Rating 2 out of 5]

This over-sized book provided color pictures of all functions and parts of the human body.

[Mahood Gadm]

it's great

[Jennifer Cole · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent illustrative book of basic anatomy. I love the simplicity here! Easily approachable. I really like how there are life size sections of the body. Great casual reference!