OUR BODIES
Heart Lungs and Blood

This book explains how the body’s circulatory and respiratory systems work and shows how they are essential for life. It takes a close look at how we breathe and speak, how the heart beats and how blood works. It considers problems which can occur with the heart and lungs and what we can do to keep them healthy.

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Find out more about the respiratory system, with diagrams and descriptions of the different parts.
11 Read about how and why you breathe.
17 Common lung and breathing diseases explained.
23 Descriptions of the blood and what it contains.
26 Information about problems of blood, its cells and other contents, and how it should clot - or not.
31 All about the heart, inside and out, and how it beats and pumps blood.
35 Find out how to take your pulse plus lots of information about how it varies and relates to general health.
40 Diagrams and explanations of the differences between the baby’s heart before and after birth.
43 Descriptions of many heart problems including heart attacks and heart failure.