Nervous System (a True Book: Your Amazing Body) (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781339021065)

The human brain is a natural wonder = the command center that, through a network of nerves, runs every other system in our bodies. Did you know that there are 100,000,000,000 neurons in your brain? Or that your funny bone is actually a nerve in the elbow, not a bone? Learn all this and more in Nervous System.

ABOUT THE SERIES:

The human body is a complex = and remarkable = machine. Digesting our food. Pumping our blood. Walking, running, and dancing. It takes our many body systems working together to keep us alive and living our lives to the fullest. This set of A True Books offers an in-depth look at our amazing bodies = one system at a time. Interesting information is presented in a fun, friendly way = and in the simplest terms possible = giving students a "behind-the-scenes" look at how their bodies work.