Ultimate Bodypedia: An Amazing Inside-Out Tour of the Human Body
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC KIDS ULTIMATE BODY PEDIA CHRISTINA WILSDON PATRICIA DANIELS AND JEN AGRESTA AN AMAZING INSIDE OUT TOUR OF THE HUMAN BODY SELECT MEDICAL ILLUSTRATIONS BY CYNTHIA TURNER NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC Washington D.C.
CONTENTS Introduction 6 CHAPTER 18 HOORAY FOR HUMANSI 10 Introducing Amazing You 12 People Power 14 Seeing Inside 16 All Systems Are Go 18 Got Guts 20 You and your Cells 22 Different Cells Different Jobs 2 CHAPTER 2 YOUR AMAZING EXTERIOR 26 The Skin You're In 28 Layer It 30 Drip Drop Sweating It Out 32 Ouch Scratches and Cuts 34 Skin Colors 36 Sizzling in the Sun 38 Hear Hear for Hair 40 Colors Curls and Cowlicks 42 Hard as Nails 44 Healthy Nails Healthy You 46 The Zoo on You 48 CHAPTER 38 RUN BEND JUMP3 US IN MOTION 50 Your Bony Body The Skeleton 52 A Bone's Structure 54 Rubbery Bones Cartilage 56 Making and Breaking Bones 58 Joined by Joints 60 Hooray for Hands 62 Fancy Footwork Bones of the Feet 64 The Brain Box Your Skull 66 Your Superfine Spine 68 Muscle Power 70 Making Muscles Work 72 Tendons Your Muscles Ropes 74 Achy Muscles 76 CHAPTER 48 FUELED BY FOOD THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM 78 Mac Cheese Please 80 First Stop The Mouth 82 Your Spectacular Spit 84 Down the Hatch Your Throat 86 Meet Your Stomach 88 A Big Bath of Acid 90 Love Your Liver 92 Digestive Juicers Gallbladder and Pancreas 94 The Not So Small Small Intestine 96 Next Stop The Large Intestine 98 The Scoop on Poop 100 The Zoo Inside You 102 My Stomach Hurts 104 CHAPTER 5 YOUR BLOOD BREATH AND BEATING HEART 106 River of Life Your Bloodstream 108 What Is Blood 110 Red Blood Cells 112 Rescue Squad Other Blood Cells 114 Your Hardworking Heart 116 The Beat Goes On 118 The Blood Vessel Highway 120 Take a Deep Breath 122 Inside the Lungs 124 Speak Up 126 Ah Choo Colds Coughs and Sniffles 128 Gotta Go The Urinary System 130
Being a Grown Up 192 Getting Older 194 Coming Full Circle 196 Brain Meet Computer 232 The Doctor is in the Computer 234 Unstoppable Students 236 CHAPTER 9 BEING STRONG STAYING WELL 198 Your Immune Army 200 The Invaders Are Coming 202 Going Viral 204 Germs Stay Out 206 Cell Block 208 Annoying Allergies 210 Heroes in Germ History 212 Fuel Your Body 214 Fit and Fun 216 BODY ATLAS 238 The Skeleton 240 The Skeletal Muscles 242 The Nervous System 244 The Circulatory System 246 The Respiratory System 248 The Female Reproductive System 250 The Male Reproductive System 252 The Digestive System 254 The Urinary System 256 The Endocrine System 258 The Lymphatic System 260 CHAPTER 68 YOUR AMAZING BRAIN 132 What a Brainiac 134 Your Magnificent Mind 136 Put on Your Thinking Cap The Cerebrum 138 Two Sides of the Brain 140 You Have a Lot of Nerve 142 Body Electric 144 The Happy Chemicals in Your Head 146 Emotion in Motion 148 Remember to Remember 150 Good Morning Good Night 152 Dreaming the Night Away 154 Handle With Care 156 CHAPTER 7 MAKING SENSE OF THE SENSES 158 Your Body Makes Sense 160 Look Out 162 Seeing Is Not Believing 164 Awesome Optical Illusions 166 Do You Hear What I Hear 168 The Nose Knows 170 The Bumpy Road to Taste 172 Feeling Your Way 174 Amazing Animal Senses 176 CHAPTER 8 THE LIFE CYCLE 178 Genes What Makes You You 180 Reproduction 182 Before You Were Born 184 Babyhood 186 It's Great to Be a Kid 188 The Teen Years 190 CHAPTER 10 OUR FUTURE BODIES 218 What's Next 220 The Gene Scene 222 Building New Parts 224 Smart Parts 226 Limbs From Limbs 228 Exploring the Brain 230 Glossary 262 Find Out More 264 Index 266 Photo Credits 270 Credits 271
