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Here's the human body, from its head down to its toes, as you've never seen it before. From the smallest person to the tallest, this book is full of reasons why the human body is amazing―above and below the skin.
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Seuling m its head ere’s the human body, fro never seen down to its toes, as you’ve st person to it before. From the smalle ll of reasons why the tallest, this book is fu —inside and out. the human body is amazing H an d Oforc Rein thered Libr Fre aary ky Bind Fa ing cts About Your Skin, Skeleton, and Oth er Body Parts by Barbara Seuling illustrated by Matthew Skeens and Other Freaky Facts About Your Special thanks to our adviser: Susan Kesselring, M.A., Literacy Educator Rosemount–Apple Valley–Eagan (Minnesota) School District by Barbara Seuling illustrated by Matthew Skeens and Other Freaky Facts About Your Cha pter 1 Picture Window Books 5115 Excelsior Boulevard Suite 232 Minneapolis, MN 55416 877-845-8392 www.picturewindowbooks.com Table of Contents a pt e r 2 Editor: Christianne Jones Designer: Abbey Fitzgerald Page Production: Melissa Kes Art Director: Nathan Gassman created digitally. The illustrations in this book were n-Publication Data Library of Congress Cataloging-i Seuling, Barbara. in : and other freaky facts Your skin weighs more than your bra er body parts / By Barbara about your skin, skeleton, and oth ens. Seuling ; illustrated by Matthew Ske p. cm. Includes index. binding) ISBN-13: 978-1-4048-3751-5 (library ook) ISBN-13: 978-1-4048-3761-4 (e-B e. I. Skeens, Matthew, ill. atur liter e enil Juv 1. Body, Human— II. Title. QP37.S4887 2007 2007004030 612—dc22 C ha pt e r 3 dow Books All books published by Picture Win ing at least are manufactured with paper contain 10 percent post-consumer waste. r Feet and Bones 4 O u t e r Co ver ings: Y o ur S kin, Hai r, and N a ils 11 Beneath the S urface Your Muscle : s, Lun and Brain gs, Hea rt, 17 r4 erica. Printed in the United States of Am Cha pte book may be All rights reserved. No part of this sion from the reproduced without written permis onsibility for publisher. The publisher takes no resp methods described the use of any of the materials or thereof. in this book, nor for the products Ch Seuling Text copyright © 2008 by Barbara ure Window Books Pict by 8 200 © ht Illustration copyrig A Sound Foundat ion: You The Amazing Hu man M achin Miscellaneous Body F e: acts Glossary.................. .... 36 Index........................... 38 To Learn More.......... 40 26 Cha pter 1 The distance between the inside of your elbow and your wrist is about the same as the length of your foot. out 2,000 times A jogger’s feet hit the ground ab lk, your feet hit in 1 mile (1.6 km). When you wa ount. the ground about half of that am Your feet contain 250,000 sweat glands. und Foundation: o S A t and Bones Your Fee The size of Americans’ feet get larger with each generation. Not all toes are cr only two bones, eated equal. Your big toe has while the rest h ave three. 4 The oldest human footprint ever fou nd is 350,000 years old. It was found in vol canic ash in southern Italy. er bones The foot bones grow faster than any oth the body. in Your hands and feet contain more than half of the bones in your body. A person in bare feet leaves such a strong scent in his or her footprints that it is possible for another person to follow his or her trail. 5 Chapter One f of Tom Dempsey, born in 1947 with only hal t