Muscles : injury, illness and health /
Carol Ballard.
- Chicago : Heinemann Library, c2003.
- 48 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
- Body focus .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 45) and index.
Different types of muscles -- Healthy muscles -- Exercise and muscle -- Skeletal muscles -- Inside a muscle --Muscle attachments -- Working muscles -- When a muscle contracts -- Athletes' muscles -- Bodybuilding -- Muscle problems -- Muscles of the face and head -- Chest muscles -- Heart muscles -- Abdominal muscles -- Internal involuntary muscles -- Arm and hand muscles -- Leg and foot muscles -- Muscle diseases and problems -- What can go wrong with the muscles?
Introduces the muscles throughout the human body and explains how they work, providing color diagrams and also covering bodybuilding and muscle diseases.