Understanding Your Muscles and Bones (Usborne Science for Beginners S.) - Softcover

Treays, Rebecca

 
9780746027394: Understanding Your Muscles and Bones (Usborne Science for Beginners S.)

Synopsis

Uncovering the frame of the human body, this text takes a close look at the tissues that keep us up and about. It explains the structure of the skeleton and the mechanics of movement. It also examines the importance of involuntary muscles in the smooth working of the human body. The book is part of the "Science for Beginners" series which aims to give clear, simple explanations backed up by diagrams, photographs and comic-strip cartoons.

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Review

Understanding Your Muscles & Bones will help you teach your children about how their bones fit together to make a skeleton and where the muscles fit in. It ties in with the National Curriculum Key Stage Two Science, and will help support home learning on life processes and living things. Suitable for ages 8 and above. --Amanda York

Contents:

  • Introduction
  • Your skeleton
  • Skeletal Muscles
  • Joints
  • Moving Parts
  • Looking Inside
  • Your Heart
  • Body Batteries
  • Strength and Sport
  • Involuntary Muscles
  • Muscle Talk
  • Growing
  • Broken Bones
  • Muscle Trouble
  • Prehistoric Bones
  • Amazing Facts
  • Index

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