How the Body Works - Softcover

Peter H. Abrahams

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ISBN 10: 1905704569 ISBN 13: 9781905704569

Publisher: Amber, 2007

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Where in the human body would you find the malleus? How much tear fluid does the average person produce each day? What happens to the body when we laugh? In this accessible and fascinating examination, readers discover the answers to these questions and many more. How The Body Works navigates readers all around the body, from head to toe, inside and out, explaining not just its usual workings, but also how the body responds to the strains we put it under: what happens when we exercise, or become stressed or drink caffeine. Arranged according to the body’s different structures and systems, How The Body Works comes with over 1250 fully annotated color photographs, medical imaging and artworks. From the brain to the heart to the elbow, from the left ventricle to the cranial nerves, from how we hear to how we age, How The Body Works is a highly detailed but simply written, comprehensive guide that will appeal to general readers and students alike.

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Professor Peter Abrahams has practised medicine for the last 30 years. He has taught medicine and anatomy in various international institutions, including the University of London, the University of Middlesex and the University of Cambridge, and the University of Iowa in the United States. He has also lectured in countries such as Egypt, Israel and Ghana and worked for the World Health Organization. He has written and edited many books, including Clinical Anatomy of Practical Procedures (1975), An Atlas of Normal Radiological Anatomy (1978), Essentials of Clinical Anatomy (1986) and An Imaging Atlas of Human Anatomy (1992). He has also published many interactive CD-ROMs to aid medical students.

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