The Complete Human Body ─ The Definitive Visual Guide

The Complete Human Body, Second Edition is the definitive illustrated guide to the human body as we know it today, from its development and form to its functions and disorders. Mysteries remain, but we have come a long way since the sketches and diagrams of the first anatomists in Ancient Greece.

Now updated and expanded to include more information than before, The Complete Human Body, Second Edition explores the body's forms and functions in greater depth than any other popular reference, from muscle structure and activity to motor pathways within the brain. Illustrated with unprecedented clarity by computer-generated artworks and the latest medical and microscopic imaging, this comprehensive reference shows anatomical structures and bodily processes in incredible detail. A complementary DVD with CGI animations of all areas of the body allows you to explore and learn in an interactive way.

We inhabit it, we are it, and we are surrounded by 7.2 billion examples of it on the planet — the human body.The Complete Human Body, Second Edition is your "access all areas" pass.

Dr. Alice Roberts is an anatomist, osteoarchaeologist, physical anthropologist, paleopathologist, television presenter and author. She is the Professor of Public Engagement in Science at the University of Birmingham. Dr. Roberts has written four popular science books including DK's Evolution: The Human Story and the first edition ofThe Complete Human Body. She writes a regular science column for The Observer in London. She lives in Bristol, England, with her husband and two children.