Other editions of book Understanding Your Muscles & Bones

From heartbeats to hip joints, this entertaining book gets under our skin and shows how our muscles and bones work. With lots of pictures and diagrams, it shows what bones are made of, how the skeleton fits together and the muscles that make it move. It describes how specialized muscles such as the heart and the eye work, and the muscles that we use to speak. Sections on growth, diseases, strength and sports, fossils and what happens when bones break complete this very readable and informative book. Paperback. Pages: 32

Understanding your Muscles & Bones looks under your skin to reveal the parts of your body that let you run and jump around. See how your skeleton fits together and how your muscles make it move. Find out about the muscles that never stop working- the ones which make you breathe and keep your heart beating. Take a look at how exercise and training improve your muscles and make you fitter and stronger. Discover how you grow and how broken bones mend.