Human Body: An Illustrated Guide to Its Structure, Function, > Anatomy

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It's big, it's colorful, and it's got everything from your
gallbladder and heart to your muscles, bones, blood and brain. Clear
and helpful diagrams detail conditions from acne to malignant
melanoma. This is a reassuring, easily understood text on our bodies
as they exist in their ideal state, as well as common disorders and
treatments. It's nice to brush up on anatomy without tests to sweat,
but it's also great to have a doctor on your shelf to dispel those 3
a.m. certainties of imminent disease and doom.
From Booklist
This body atlas uses current medical illustration techniques to
provide unique views of human anatomical features. Color-enhanced
microscope photographs and computer-generated images accompany
detailed drawings to illustrate various organs, demonstrate body
functions, and depict problems or complications. The introduction
explains various types of medical illustration such as computerized
tomography, ultrasound, and magnetic resonance imaging. These and
other techniques are used throughout the next 12 chapters. The first
chapter deals with cells, skin, and epithelium (the outer surface of
the body). One page features a six-inch cross-sectional view of one
layer of skin next to a greatly magnified photograph of a couple of
strands of scalp hair. The next 10 chapters look at various systems
(e.g., skeletal, muscular, reproductive). The last chapter, "The
Human Life Cycle," considers fetal development, childbirth, growth,
aging, and inheritance.
Each section is introduced by a one-page essay and a double-page full-
body map showing the location or layout of each system. The rest of
the chapter contains a series of pertinent illustrations, accompanied
by captions and text. Boxed inserts, charts, and photographs
highlight special features ("How Muscles Contract," "Types of
Neurons," etc.). Diseases and disorders are also pictured. Treatment
options, including more than 30 surgical procedures (hysterectomy,
coronary bypass, mastectomy) are depicted, as are some standard
medical tests.
The illustrations are clear and easy to comprehend, but the text
often employs technical language (a glossary is provided). Although
essentially a picture book, this is intended for an adult audience.
Both The Children's Atlas of the Human Body (Millbrook, 1994) and The
Body Atlas (Oxford, 1994) are designed to be accessible to children.
The array of photographic techniques used to create high-quality
illustrations make The Human Body a unique visual guide. For both
reference and circulating collections in public libraries. Libraries
may also be interested in an unrelated CD-ROM from DK, The Ultimate
Human Body: A Multimedia Guide to the Body and How It Works. With
audio and animation, it is available in Windows and Mac versions for
$79.95.
From Book News, Inc.
A popular, heavily illustrated work on human anatomy & physiology.
Suitable for school & public library collections, it manifests the
inviting, high quality D-K drawings, charts, photos. Annotation
copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
Book Description
An illustrated guide to the body's structure, function, and
disorders.
The human body is made up of more than one trillion cells. They are
the tiny building blocks out of which the body's tissues and organs
are formed, and together these parts make up a marvelously
synchronized, living community. This exciting book uses spectacular
medical drawings, plus images derived from new technologies, as an
inspiring aid to understanding the anatomy and function of the body,
and many of its common disorders. Images work together with crystal-
clear language to bring the key concepts to life -- such as how the
heart keeps beating constantly throughout life, or how instructions
for the entire body's growth are held in every single cell. Never
before has it been possible to learn so much, so quickly, about the
human body, both female and male, in sickness and health, and from
birth to old age.
Ingram
Filled with facts about every system and component and valuable
information about problems, diagnostic techniques, treatments, and
surgical procedures, a unique visual approach to understanding the
human body emphasizes the ways individual parts of the body work
together.

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