Eyewitness: Skeleton

Steve Parker - Author
Philip Dowell - Illustrator

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An exciting and informative guide to the workings of human and animal skeletons, in a new paperback edition

Introduction

The skeleton is the framework of the body. It supports, moves, and protects. It allows us to walk, run, jump, and swim. This superb collection of photographs brings its variety, complexity, and ingenuity of design vividly to life.

Starting with the complete human skeleton, the book explains how each set of bones functions, and examines in detail the construction of the skull, the spine and rib cage, hands and arms, and legs and feet. A wide range of animal bones and skeletons are included to highlight the similarities and differences relative to humans. It also describes what bones are made of and how they grow.

Produced in association with the Natural History Museum, London, Skeleton is a unique and compelling introduction to skeletal structure and mechanics.

• Superb colour photographs of the bones of the human skeleton offer a unique 'eyewitness' view of how our bodies work, and highlight a host of comparisons with the skeletons of birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, insects, and mammals
• See the 206 different bones in the human body; how your skull differs from a lion's or a chimp's; how teeth grow, and what each different one is for; what the inside of a bone looks like
• Learn how bones mend themselves when they break; why half the bones in your body are in your hands and feet; how many toes a horse has; what has happened to the tail you once had
• Discover which are the smallest bones in the human body; why some creatures wear their skeletons on the outside; what animal once owned the oldest bones ever found on Earth

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