Author: Faith Hickman Brynie Publisher: Twenty-First Century Books ISBN: 1467703486 Category : Young Adult Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 176
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How much of a person’s body weight is made up of muscle? Can you learn to control your heart rate using your mind? How does taking steroids affect muscles—and why are steroids dangerous? What causes hiccups? The answers to these puzzling questions—and 97 more—are revealed in this thought-provoking book about muscles. From basic information on how muscles work to more complex issues such as how diseases and injuries affect muscles, science expert Faith Hickman Brynie provides authoritative information about the human muscular system.
Author: Faith Hickman Brynie Publisher: Twenty-First Century Books ISBN: 0761326340 Category : Young Adult Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 174
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As in previous books in this critically acclaimed series, Brynie polled hundreds of high school students across the country to find out what they wanted to know most about sex and sexuality. Using an accessible question-and-answer format, Brynie helps readers discover and learn facts about the sex and sexuality. Brynie appealing and clear writing style makes learning about sex and sexuality for students easy and understandable.
Author: Faith Hickman Brynie Publisher: Twenty-First Century Books (CT) ISBN: 9780822563808 Category : Muscles Languages : en Pages : 0
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Provides information about the human muscular system, from basic information about how muscles work to more complex issues such as how diseases and injuries affect muscles.
Author: Muscle & Fitness Publisher: Triumph Books ISBN: 1623684102 Category : Health & Fitness Languages : en Pages : 318
Book Description
From the editors of "Muscle & Fitness" magazine, which has been excelling in the area of physique transformation for over 70 years, this book is built on the foundation that the key to a strong, healthy body is an effective muscle and strength-training program. This health provides all the guidance needed to achieve workout goals and have a muscular body.
Author: Murray, Bob Publisher: Human Kinetics ISBN: 1450461808 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 208
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Practical Guide to Exercise Physiology gives health and fitness professionals the confidence to design physiologically sound exercise programs and explain to clients the science supporting the program design.
Author: Joseph E. Muscolino Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences ISBN: 0323291422 Category : Medical Languages : en Pages : 705
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See the body's bones, joints, and muscles in action! Highly visual and in full color, Kinesiology: The Skeletal System and Muscle Function makes it easy to understand kinesiology concepts and how they would be applied to the treatment of dysfunction. It contains over 1,200 illustrations, including a bone atlas that shows every bone in the human body and six chapters with detailed, illustrated coverage of joints. Written by noted educator and author Joseph E. Muscolino, this book clearly depicts how muscles function as movers, antagonists, and stabilizers. This edition expands its reach to athletic training with two new chapters on stretching and strengthening exercises. This title includes additional digital media when purchased in print format. For this digital book edition, media content may not be included Companion DVD includes over one hour of video demonstrating all the major joint actions of the human body, with a voiceover explanation of the names of the motions, the planes in which motion occurs, and the axes around which motion occurs. Unique! A focus on the needs of massage therapists and bodyworkers makes it easier to apply kinesiology concepts to the practice of massage therapy. Unique! A complete bone atlas includes over 100 full-color photographs showing every bone in the human body. 1,200 full-color illustrations help you understand concepts relating to the bones of the human body, joints of the human body, and muscle function parts. A logical, easy-to-reference format moves from basics (like parts of the body) to more difficult topics (such as microphysiology). Six chapters on joints cover structure, function, and terminology, with specific illustrations on each joint in the human body: joints of the axial body, joints of the upper extremity, and joints of the lower extremity. Student-friendly features in each chapter include an outline, learning objectives, overview, key terms with pronunciations, and word origins designating the Latin or Greek derivative. Clear, simple explanations make it easy to understand kinesiology concepts, including muscle contraction(s), coordination of muscles with movement, core stabilization, posture, exercise, reflexes, and how the nervous system controls and directs the muscular system. Expert author Joseph E. Muscolino, DC, offers years of experience in the study of muscles and muscle function, as well as bodywork and massage, and conveys that information in an understandable format.
Author: Allan D. Levi Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA ISBN: 0190055189 Category : Medical Languages : en Pages : 225
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"Why a second edition of the text book - Goodman's Neurosurgery Oral Board Review? The American Board of Neurological Surgery Oral Examination is the important final step in the certification process of a neurosurgeon. The examination has been in a constant state of evolution over the last 75 years. A major change in the examination process occurred in 2017, and the details of this transition are nicely outlined in Chapter 1. In keeping with this significant change in the Oral Board Examination format - I felt that the Goodman course needed to change to keep up with the Examination - see Chapter 3. The 2nd edition of the book now also reflects these updates with an emphasis on how to prepare for the current exam format. "--
Author: Disha Experts Publisher: Disha Publications ISBN: 9384583294 Category : Languages : en Pages : 403
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"IBPS CWE Bank Clerk 101 Speed Tests with Success Guarantee” IF YOU MASTER THIS BOOK SUCCESS IS GUARANTEED IN THE UPCOMING IBPS BANK CLERK EXAM. Yes it’s true. If you can master this book you will crack the IBPS CWE Bank Clerk Exam for sure. This is the 1st and the Most Innovative Book for the most sought after IBPS Bank Clerk Exam. It contains all the IMPORTANT CONCEPTS which are required to crack this exam. The concepts are covered in the form of 101 SPEED TESTS. No matter where you PREPARE from – a coaching or any textbook/ Guide - 101 SPEED TESTS provides you the right ASSESSMENT on each topic. Your performance provides you the right cues to IMPROVE your concepts so as to perform better in the final examination. It is to be noted here that these are not mere tests but act as a checklist of student’s learning and ability to apply concepts to different problems. The book is based on the concept of TRP – Test, Revise and Practice. It aims at improving your SPEED followed by STRIKE RATE which will eventually lead to improving your SCORE. How is this product different? • 1st unique product with 101 speed tests. • Each test is based on small topics which are most important for the IBPS PO exam. Each test contains around 25-30 MCQs on the latest pattern of the exam. • The whole syllabus has been divided into 5 sections which are further distributed into 91 topics. Each section ends with a Section Test. 1. QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE is distributed into 31 topics + 1 Section Test. 2. REASONING ABILITY is distributed into 30 topics + 1 Section Test. 3. ENGLISH is distributed into 14 topics + 1 Section Test. 4. COMPUTER KNOWLEDGE is distributed into 6 topics + 1 Section Test. 5. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE is distributed into 15 topics + 1 Section Test. • Finally at the end 5 PRACTICE SETS based on the complete syllabus is provided so as to give the candidates the real feel of the final exam. • In all, the book contains 3600+ Highly Relevant MCQ’s in the form of 101 tests. • Solutions to each of the 101 tests are provided at the end of the book. • The book provides Separate Tests. The book comes with perforation such that each test can be torn out of the book. • Separate Time Limit, Maximum Marks, Cut-off, Qualifying Score is provided for each test. • The book also provides a separate sheet, SCORE TRACKER where you can keep a record of your scores and performance. • It is advised that the students should take each test very seriously and must attempt only after they have prepared that topic. • The General Awareness section has been updated with latest Current Affairs Questions. • Once taken a test the candidates must spend time in analysing their performance which will provide you the right cues to IMPROVE the concepts so as to perform better in the final examination. • It is our strong belief that if an aspirant works hard on the cues provided through each of the tests he/ she can improve his/ her learning and finally the SCORE by at least 15-20%.
Author: Andris Freivalds Publisher: CRC Press ISBN: 1420091204 Category : Medical Languages : en Pages : 528
Book Description
There is already a wealth of literature covering cumulative trauma disorders and medical management, as well as the biomechanics of manual material handling and lower back problems. However, despite a spike in the number of work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WRMSDs) in the upper limbs-due to a sharp increase in the amount of computer-related j
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