Wonders of the Human Body Vol. 1
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Overview
The Wonders of the Human Body Series Volume One examines the systems of the body revealing both how they have been designed by the Master Creator and how they function. Master Books includes this as the student text in Introduction to Anatomy & Physiology Volume One, a homeschool science curriculum for high school students. Beautiful full-color images bring to life the study of the musculoskeletal, cardiovascular, respiratory, and nervous systems.
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Product Details
| SKU | M277-6 |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer | Master Books |
| Weight (in lbs) | 2.00 |
| Title | Wonders of the Human Body Vol. 1 |
| Subtitle | The Musculoskeletal System | The Cardiovascular & Respiratory Systems | The Nervous System |
| Series | Wonders of the Human Body |
| Volume in Series | 1 |
| ISBN 13 | 9781683442776 |
| Contributors | Dr. Elizabeth Mitchell, Dr. Tommy Mitchell |
| Binding | Paperback |
| Page Count | 324 |
| Publisher | New Leaf Publishing Group, LLC |
| Dimensions (in inches) | 8 1/2 x 11 |
More Information
High school students discover more of God’s awe-inspiring work in the Wonders of the Human Body Volume 1. Drs. Tommy and Elizabeth Mitchell, both Vanderbilt educated medical doctors, creationists, and homeschoolers, wrote this series together to reveal the wonder of God and the authority of His written word.
Wonders of the Human Body Volume 1 uses engaging text and beautiful images to help high school students explore the musculoskeletal, cardiovascular, respiratory, and nervous systems. Students will also discover the problems that occur when our bodies are damaged by disease or injury.
Topics covered in this text help students:
- Learn the incredible design of the human heart and how it is really two pumps in one
- Identify how blood moves through an incredible network of arteries and veins
- Investigate what “blood pressure” is and the marvelous systems that help regulate it
- Explore how the respiratory system allows us to get the “bad air out” and the “good air in”
- Review the ins and outs of the bones in your skeleton and how they function
- Discover details as to how your marvelous muscles move you
Master Books includes the Wonders of the Human Body Volume 1 as the student text in Introduction to Anatomy & Physiology Volume One, a homeschool science curriculum for high school students.
Table of Contents
- Unit 1: The Musculoskeletal System
- Foundations
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Cells
- 3. Tissues
- 4. Organs & Organ Systems
- 5. Homeostasis
- The Skeletal System
- 1. Functions of the Skeletal System
- 2. Bones
- 3. The Skeleton
- The Muscular System
- 1. Muscle Basics
- 2. Muscles...How They Move Me!
- Unit 2: Cardiovascular and Respiratory Systems
- The Cardiovascular System
- 1. Introduction
- 2. The Heart
- 3. Two Kinds of Hearts
- 4. Blood Vessels
- 5. Physiology of Circulation
- 6. The Circulatory System
- The Respiratory System
- 1. Breathing—No Big Deal?
- 2. How We Breathe
- 3. Is This "Design" Just an Accident?
- Unit 3: The Nervous System
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Structure of Nervous Tissue
- 3. Nerve Signals
- 4. The Central Nervous System
- 5. The Peripheral Nervous System
- 6. Special Sneses
- 7. The Gospel
- Glossary
- Index
- About the Author
Customer Reviews
As a teacher in a Christian school, I treat each curriculum choice as if it were for my own children (partly because it actually was for all of their HS educations) and take my job very seriously in delivering content that builds their worldview instead of causing them to question it. Masterbooks has provided so many resources in other books and I am so glad to see this subject now getting the attention we have needed for so long.
Thank you to the authors, I appreciate the years of dedication it took for them to complete it and wish Dr. Tommy Mitchell were still here for me to thank in person. Thank you to his wife, Dr. Elizabeth Mitchell for completing this amazing work!
Excellent resource.
— Not common in textbooks today, so it is greatly appreciated that you are consistently pointed back to Scripture and God as Creator in every topic studied. And even bigger - the Gospel is presented at the very end of the book.
— The images and graphics are absolutely gorgeous & are a great aid in understanding the text. This textbook is perfect for the visual learner.
— The text is written in a simple language that easily understandable, yet goes into enough depth to get a detailed understanding of every subject discussed.
— My favorite: any text found in a green, gray, or light blue box (depending on which system you are studying)! These include tips, Designed by the Master, and other interesting facts, all related the topic being studied to the world around us and God’s intricate design.
This is a great course for anyone looking for an introduction to anatomy and physiology that points to God as Creator.
The colorful pictures and beautiful illustrations that are throughout each and every chapter give helpful visualization to the lessons.
My favorite part of this course has to be the special section of each chapter called So Simple Yet So Complex. It dives into specific working parts of the body like how the heart pumps blood, programmed cell death, the human voice, and more.
The days are set up as 2 days per chapter
Day 1 is reading Day 2 is answering definitions, 10 fill in the blanks, and filling in a model. Which was a bit much for my daughter. She would have enjoyed the course a little more if it was set up differently. We plan to continue the series volume 2 but adjust the course.
My son is very visual, so the vibrant pictures helped him to ‘see’ all the parts of his body that this book describes. We loved the ‘Designed by the Master’ part of every lesson. That section explains how and why God created that part of the body.
I highly recommend this book to learn about the workings of your body.
The “Designed by the Master,” info boxes are my favorite. You’ll find several in each lesson, and they detail a special purpose or design for what you’re learning about. They also will openly present the evolutionary perspective, yet teach the creationist truth. I love how apologetics is so seamlessly woven into this curriculum.

