The Human Body: A Visual Guide to Human Anatomy - Hardcover

Sarah Brewer, Dr

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0857388479 ISBN 13: 9780857388476

Publisher: Quercus Publishing, 2011

Synopsis

The Human Body provides a spectacular visual explanation of the human body and how it works. The book is organised according to different body systems: THE CELL; TISSUES AND ORGANS; INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM; SKELETAL SYSTEM; THE MUSCULAR SYSTEM; THE NERVOUS SYSTEM; THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; THE IMMUNE SYSTEM; THE ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; THE HEPATIC SYSTEM; THE URINARY SYSTEM; THE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM - MALE; THE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM - FEMALE; REPRODUCTION; PREGNANCY; CHILDHOOD; AGEING. Expert text combined with superb cutting-edge imagery make The Human Body the definitive home reference for all the family - as well as a beautiful companion for anyone embarking on, or involved in, a medical career, such as doctors, nurses, physiotherapists, and complementary therapists. The pages of this book provide a comprehensive overview of the body and its systems - building up a complete picture of the human anatomy from skeleton to skin.

About this title

About the Author

Dr. Sarah Brewer qualified as a doctor from Cambridge University, specializing in general practice and sexual health. She writes regularly for a variety of newspapers and magazines, taking a holistic approach that includes complementary medicine and nutritional supplements. She is the author of over 40 popular self-help books and was voted Health Journalist of the Year 2002. Sarah is currently completing a masters degree in nutritional medicine.

From the Back Cover

A unique overview of the human body from skin to skeleton.
Features over 350 state-of-the-art anatomical images and graphically enhanced artworks.
Informative annotated diagrams and fascinating body facts in every chapter.
Dr Sarah Brewer provides comprehensive coverage of every major body system, from muscles to immunity, and from digestion to reproduction.

From the Inside Flap

Throughout your lifetime you can expect your heart to beat over two billion times, while your brain generates trillions of responses each day. Your ears can detect over 400,000 sounds and your nose up to 10,000 different odours. Your hands are nature's most effective manipulating tool; your legs and arms an exceptionally versatile means of transport. Internal defences give you the remarkable ability to heal, fight diseases and mend broken bones - often without any outside help. In fact, every single element of your body is as worth of celebration as the living, thinking whole.
Starting at the cellular level, The Human Body reveals how tissues and organs group together to make body systems, and how these systems co-operate to form a complete human being. Over 350 cutting-edge anatomical images and photographs depict the body in extraordinary detail. Exceptional views of the heart, liver and lungs, close-up images of the bones and the skull, and meticulous cross sections of the eye and other sense organs demonstrate our body parts to a strikingly intricate degree. The spectacular imagery also portrays the internal workings of the stomach and intestines, the complexity of the muscular system and fascinating interior views of the brain.
The Human Body superbly depicts and describes the body, its structure, and its function in a clear and accessible way. It is the most definitive anatomical reference for all members of the family as well as a beautiful companion for any student or practitioner of medicine or human biology.

Edition details

• Publisher: Quercus Publishing
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0857388479
• ISBN 13: 9780857388476
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 224