The Book of Gross Body Facts

Book of Gross Body Facts - Wild Dog Books

by Charles Hope

The human body is capable of amazing things. It is a complex machine made up of trillions of cells working together. Sometimes, however, for the body to work properly it needs to be gross. Really gross. Just how gross can the human body be?

ISBN 9781742033730
RRP $27.99
Paperback 64pp
Format 300mm x 240mm + flexicover
Photographic junior non-fiction
Category: Human Body, Biology, Facts, General Knowledge

Below is a comprehensive list of sources that were used to make this book. These have been arranged in the order the facts appeared:

Sources

Page 2: Trillions of cells – National Geographic
Page 7: Carrots – BBC News
Page 8: Sweat glands – TheStar.com
Page 11: Sweaty bits – BetterHealth.vic.gov.au
Page 13: Juicebox – Foot.com
Page 14: Skin cells – Boston.com and HowStuffWorks.com
Page 19: Saliva – LiveScience.com and SwimmingPool.com
Page 21: Farts – BetterHealth.vic.gov.au
Page 22: Poo – Encyclopaedia Brittanica
Page 24: Urine – National Library of Medicine
Page 25: Urine lifetime – Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Page 27: Tapeworms – Wikipedia
Page 31: Tears – The Express
Page 33: Mucous – Healthline.com
Page 37: Sneezing – Discovermagazine.com
Page 39: Warts – Healthline.com
Page 45: Moles – Cancer.org.au
Page 46: Humans v cells – Scientific American
Page 47: Cell replacement – LiveScience.com