The Resource Your Body : the Missing Manual
Your Body : the Missing Manual
Resource Information
The item Your Body : the Missing Manual represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Missouri Libraries.This item is available to borrow from 2 library branches.
Resource Information
The item Your Body : the Missing Manual represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Missouri Libraries.
This item is available to borrow from 2 library branches.
- Summary
- What, exactly, do you know about your body? Do you know how your immune system works? Or what your pancreas does? Or the myriad -- and often simple -- ways you can improve the way your body functions?This full-color, visually rich guide answers these questions and more. Matthew MacDonald, noted author of Your Brain: The Missing Manual, takes you on a fascinating tour of your body from the outside in, beginning with your skin and progressing to your vital organs. You'll look at the quirks, curiosities, and shortcomings we've all learned to live with, and pick up just enough biology to understan
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (305 pages)
- Contents
-
- Copyright; The Missing Credits; Introduction; Skin: Your Outer Layer; The Protective Wrapper; Skin and the Sun; Going Deeper; The Oil Factory; Your Temperature Control System; Hair; Fat; The Purpose of Fat; Fat Up Close; Taking Stock of Your Body Fat; Where Fat Lives; Understanding Your Body's Anti-Starvation System; Muscles; Meet Your Muscles; Exercise; A Grab Bag of Strength Exercises; Bones; The Skeletal System; Living Bone; Joints; Your Spine; The Doors of Perception; Vision; Hearing; Smell; Taste; Your Lungs; The Respiratory System; Breathing; The Path to Your Lungs; Your Voice
- PollutionYour Heart; The Pump Inside; The Circulatory System; Heart Attacks; Cardio Exercise; Your Digestive System; In Your Mouth; Your Stomach; Your Small Intestine; Your Large Intestine; Your Immune System; Self-Defense; Bacteria; Viruses; Cancer; Flaws in the System; Sex and Reproduction; Male Sex Organs; Female Sex Organs; The Main Event; Your Final Exit: Aging and Death; Life Expectancy; Why We Die; Aging; The Anatomy of Death; The Final Word; Index
- Isbn
- 9781449392017
- Label
- Your Body : the Missing Manual
- Title
- Your Body
- Title remainder
- the Missing Manual
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- What, exactly, do you know about your body? Do you know how your immune system works? Or what your pancreas does? Or the myriad -- and often simple -- ways you can improve the way your body functions?This full-color, visually rich guide answers these questions and more. Matthew MacDonald, noted author of Your Brain: The Missing Manual, takes you on a fascinating tour of your body from the outside in, beginning with your skin and progressing to your vital organs. You'll look at the quirks, curiosities, and shortcomings we've all learned to live with, and pick up just enough biology to understan
- Cataloging source
- EBLCP
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- MacDonald, Matthew
- Dewey number
- 612
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- QP38 .M33 2009
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- dictionaries
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Human body
- Human physiology
- Human anatomy
- MEDICAL
- SCIENCE
- Human anatomy
- Human body
- Human physiology
- Label
- Your Body : the Missing Manual
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Copyright; The Missing Credits; Introduction; Skin: Your Outer Layer; The Protective Wrapper; Skin and the Sun; Going Deeper; The Oil Factory; Your Temperature Control System; Hair; Fat; The Purpose of Fat; Fat Up Close; Taking Stock of Your Body Fat; Where Fat Lives; Understanding Your Body's Anti-Starvation System; Muscles; Meet Your Muscles; Exercise; A Grab Bag of Strength Exercises; Bones; The Skeletal System; Living Bone; Joints; Your Spine; The Doors of Perception; Vision; Hearing; Smell; Taste; Your Lungs; The Respiratory System; Breathing; The Path to Your Lungs; Your Voice
- PollutionYour Heart; The Pump Inside; The Circulatory System; Heart Attacks; Cardio Exercise; Your Digestive System; In Your Mouth; Your Stomach; Your Small Intestine; Your Large Intestine; Your Immune System; Self-Defense; Bacteria; Viruses; Cancer; Flaws in the System; Sex and Reproduction; Male Sex Organs; Female Sex Organs; The Main Event; Your Final Exit: Aging and Death; Life Expectancy; Why We Die; Aging; The Anatomy of Death; The Final Word; Index
- Control code
- 780425117
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (305 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781449392017
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- d9d0a38c-dd95-4073-a8be-eca5b81c1617
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)780425117
- Label
- Your Body : the Missing Manual
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Copyright; The Missing Credits; Introduction; Skin: Your Outer Layer; The Protective Wrapper; Skin and the Sun; Going Deeper; The Oil Factory; Your Temperature Control System; Hair; Fat; The Purpose of Fat; Fat Up Close; Taking Stock of Your Body Fat; Where Fat Lives; Understanding Your Body's Anti-Starvation System; Muscles; Meet Your Muscles; Exercise; A Grab Bag of Strength Exercises; Bones; The Skeletal System; Living Bone; Joints; Your Spine; The Doors of Perception; Vision; Hearing; Smell; Taste; Your Lungs; The Respiratory System; Breathing; The Path to Your Lungs; Your Voice
- PollutionYour Heart; The Pump Inside; The Circulatory System; Heart Attacks; Cardio Exercise; Your Digestive System; In Your Mouth; Your Stomach; Your Small Intestine; Your Large Intestine; Your Immune System; Self-Defense; Bacteria; Viruses; Cancer; Flaws in the System; Sex and Reproduction; Male Sex Organs; Female Sex Organs; The Main Event; Your Final Exit: Aging and Death; Life Expectancy; Why We Die; Aging; The Anatomy of Death; The Final Word; Index
- Control code
- 780425117
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (305 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781449392017
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- d9d0a38c-dd95-4073-a8be-eca5b81c1617
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)780425117
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