100 trillion good bacteria living in the human body / Paul Rockett.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: The big countdownPublisher: Chicago, Illinois : Capstone Raintree, [2016]Description: 32pages 27cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
Audience:
  • Juvenile
ISBN:
  • 9781410968777 (hb)
  • 9781410968845 (pb)
Other title:
  • One hundred trillion good bacteria living on the human body
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 612 23
LOC classification:
  • QP37 .R6527 2016
Contents:
Counting down the human body -- There are 100 trillion good bacteria living on the human body -- There are one trillion, 300 billion skin cells on the human body -- Blondes have 146 thousand strands of hair on their heads -- The heart beats one hundred thousand times a day -- Blood travels sixty thousand miles (96,560 km) a day -- We take 20 thousand breaths a day -- More than six hundred muscles in your body -- 206 bones in the human body -- 12-72 hours to digest food -- Nine months for a baby to grow inside the womb -- Five senses -- The human brain weighs 3 pounds.
Summary: "Find out all about the human body, including the millions of bacteria that live in and on us and help our body function healthily, our digestive system, bones and muscles, blood and heart, lungs and breathing, the size of our brain, and the number of hairs on our head."-- Provided by publisher.
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Books Books Idaho Springs Public Library JNF J 612 ROC (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 30404100148012
Books Books John Tomay Memorial Library JNF J 612 ROC (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31030100147263

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Counting down the human body -- There are 100 trillion good bacteria living on the human body -- There are one trillion, 300 billion skin cells on the human body -- Blondes have 146 thousand strands of hair on their heads -- The heart beats one hundred thousand times a day -- Blood travels sixty thousand miles (96,560 km) a day -- We take 20 thousand breaths a day -- More than six hundred muscles in your body -- 206 bones in the human body -- 12-72 hours to digest food -- Nine months for a baby to grow inside the womb -- Five senses -- The human brain weighs 3 pounds.

"Find out all about the human body, including the millions of bacteria that live in and on us and help our body function healthily, our digestive system, bones and muscles, blood and heart, lungs and breathing, the size of our brain, and the number of hairs on our head."-- Provided by publisher.

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