The animal body book An insider's guide to the world of animal anatomy
Book - 2024
The Animal Body Book is a friendly introduction to animal anatomy, perfect for any child fascinated by animals or budding veterinarians. With nine chapters covering skeletons, circulation, digestion, the senses and more, every aspect of anatomy is covered, all clearly explained by animal expert Dr Jess French. Animals perform extraordinary feats every day, from breathing underwater to flying, but how do they do these amazing things? The answers lie in the miraculous forms and features of their bodies. This fascinating animal anatomy book for kids offers detailed but child-friendly illustrations of animal biology on every page; information by animal expert and children's TV presenter Jess French; first of its kind material focusing on a...nimal biology for children aged 5-9; 9 chapters which break down different anatomy, covering: skeletons, muscles, circulation, breathing, digestion, the senses, reproduction, skin, and invertebrates. From a whale's enormous heart and an owl's sensitive ears, to a tortoise's tough shell and an insect's unusual eyes, explore more than 40 animal adaptations in close detail. Vivid photography combined with annotated illustrations reveal what each species looks like inside, and colorful diagrams help support children's understanding of animal anatomy. --
- Subjects
- Genres
- Illustrated works
- Published
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New York, N.Y. :
DK Publishing
2024.
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Other Authors
- Edition
- First American edition
- Physical Description
- 155 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
- ISBN
- 9780744098198
- Introduction
- Studying Anatomy
- Body Shapes
- Vertebrates
- Organ Systems
- Comparative Anatomy
- Skeletons
- What Is a Skeleton?
- Cartilage
- Skull
- Fused Bones
- Pneumatic Bones
- Hands
- Inside a Bat
- Muscles
- What Is Muscle?
- Paired Muscles
- Tendons
- Chewing
- Grasping Body Parts
- Inside a Chameleon
- Circulation
- What Is Circulation?
- Heart
- Single Circulation
- Blood
- Temperature
- Inside a Giraffe
- Respiration
- What Is Respiration?
- Gills
- Bird Lungs
- Mammal Lungs
- Sound
- Inside a Snake
- Digestion
- What Is Digestion?
- Mouth
- Stomach
- Liver
- Intestines
- Kidneys
- Teeth
- Inside a Parrot
- Senses
- What are Senses?
- Eyes
- Nose
- Ears
- Whiskers
- Extra Senses
- Inside an Elephant
- Reproduction
- What Is Reproduction?
- Eggs Without Shells
- Eggs with Shells
- Female Anatomy
- Male Anatomy
- Ornaments
- Inside a Kangaroo
- Integument
- What Is Integument?
- Blubber
- Skin
- Scales
- Feathers
- Fur
- Inside a Shark
- Invertebrates
- What Is an Invertebrate?
- Compound Eyes
- Spiracles
- Pupa
- Tentacles
- Armor
- Inside an Octopus
- Glossary
- Index
- Acknowledgments