The Muscular System

by Amy Adams

Beginning with an exploration of the anatomy and physiology of muscles, this volume of the Encyclopedia of the Human Body discusses the parts of the muscular system and how they work together to help... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313324034
• ISBN13: 9780313324031
• Release Date: August 2004
• Publisher: Greenwood
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.2" x 10.3"

Customer Reviews

Great book!

I loved this book, explains the muscular system in full detail. I wish all specialized educational books were as easy to read.

The story of our muscles...

I enjoyed reading this book about the muscular system. It is not like your typical muscular system book. There are not extensive pictures of the muscular system with origin and insertion/function charts. It reads more like a story of the system and gives a lot of info on how the system has been studied over history. There is a long section devoted to diseases of the system. And there is a lot of info on how the system is formed in an embryo, which I have not seen much of in other books. The book is written in easy to read language and short passages. If you seek a more detailed understanding of the history of the muscular system or you want to pick up where your A & P book left off then this is a good resource.