Your Body: the Missing Manual The Missing Manual

Name: Your Body: the Missing Manual The Missing Manual
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ISBN: 9780596801748

ISBN-10: 0596801742

ISBN-13: 9780596801748

Edition: 2009

Authors: Matthew MacDonald, M. MacDonald

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List price: $31.99
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Incorporated
Publication date: 8/8/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 306
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.55" tall
Weight: 1.078
Language: English

Matthew MacDonald is an author,educator, and MCSD developer who has a passion for emerging technologies. He isthe author of more than a dozen books about .NET programming. In a dimly-remembered past life, he studied English literature and theoretical physics.



The Missing Credits


Introduction



From the Outside In



Skin: Your Outer Layer


The Protective Wrapper


Skin and the Sun


Going Deeper


The Oil Factory


Your Temperature Control System


Hair



Fat


The Purpose of Fat


Fat Up Close


Taking Stock of Your Body Fat


Where Fat Lives


Understanding Your Body's Anti-Starvation System



Muscles


Meet Your Muscles


Exercise


A Grab Bag of Strength Exercises



Bones


The Skeletal System


Living Bone


Joints


Your Spine



The Doors of Perception


Vision


Hearing


Smell


Taste



The Machinery Inside



Your Lungs


The Respiratory System


Breathing


The Path to Your Lungs


Your Voice


Pollution



Your Heart


The Pump Inside


The Circulatory System


Heart Attacks


Cardio Exercise



Your Digestive System


In Your Mouth


Your Stomach


Your Small Intestine


Your Large Intestine



Your Immune System


Self-Defense


Bacteria


Viruses


Cancer


Flaws in the System



Sex and Death



Sex and Reproduction


Male Sex Organs


Female Sex Organs


The Main Event



Your Final Exit: Aging and Death


Life Expectancy


Why We Die


Aging


The Anatomy of Death


The Final Word


Index