Pump it up! : the secrets of the heart and blood
(2010)
By:
Stewart, Melissa
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
J/612.17/STEWART,M
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
New York : Marshall Cavendish Benchmark, [2010]
©2010
©2010
DESCRIPTION
48 pages : ol. illustrations, map ; 24 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9780761441649, 0761441646
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Pump and thump! -- Your hard-working heart -- Warming up, cooling down -- Rate and rhythm -- Is bigger better? -- Inside your heart -- Soothing sounds -- Other kinds of hearts -- Hacking out hearts -- The heart in history -- Blood on the move -- Round and round -- A flood of blood -- Got the blues? -- The liquid of life -- Grab and go -- A cast of colors -- Platelet pile up -- The white fight
"Provides comprehensive information on the role the heart plays in the body science of humans and animals"--Provided by publisher