The Brain: Our Nervous System
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- Synopsis
- If you like science, want to understand how your brain works, or need to write a report for school, this book is for you. It describes the parts of the brain and nervous system and how signals go from your skin or muscles or stomach or eyes, to your brain. It tells you where in your brain different kinds of thinking occur. It explains how your brain enables you to feel, taste and smell and how it works when you breathe, run and keep the same body temperature whether it's hot or cold where you are. You will learn terms scientists and doctors use like neuron, dendrite, synapse, axon, and Medulla. You'll also learn fun facts like that your brain is about the size of a large grapefruit. Most of the pictures are described. Bookshare has books about The Heart and Mars by this author.
- Copyright:
- 1997
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Book Size:
- 30 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9780590634908
- Publisher:
- Scholastic Inc.
- Date of Addition:
- 02/19/09
- Copyrighted By:
- Seymour Simon
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Children's Books, Nonfiction, Science
- Submitted By:
- Evan Reese
- Proofread By:
- Lissi
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.