Human Body Facts
Our heart beats around 100,00 times every day.
Our blood is on a 60,000-mile journey.
Our eyes can distinguish up to one million colour surfaces and take in more information than the largest telescope known to man.
Our lungs inhale over two million litres of air every day, without even thinking. They are large enough to cover a tennis court.
Our hearing is so sensitive it can distinguish between hundreds of thousands of different sounds.
Our sense of touch is more refined than any device ever created.
Our brain is more complex than the most powerful computer and has over 100 billion nerve cells.
We give birth to 100 billion red cells every day.
When we touch something, we send a message to our brain at 124 mph.
We have over 600 muscles.
We exercise at least 30 muscles when we smile.
We are about 70 percent water.
We make one litre of saliva a day.
Our nose is our personal air-conditioning system: it warms cold air, cools hot air and filters impurities.
In one square inch of our hand we have nine feet of blood vessels, 600 pain sensors, 9000 nerve endings, 36 heat sensors and 75 pressure sensors.
We have copper, zinc, cobalt, calcium, manganese, phosphates, nickel and silicon in our bodies.
50,000 of the cells in your body will die and be replaced with :new cells, all while you have been reading this sentence! :
In one hour, your heart works hard enough to produce the equivalent energy to raise almost 1 ton of weight 1 yard off :the ground. :
Scientists have counted over 500 different liver functions. :
In 1 square inch of skin there lies 4 yards of nerve fibers, 1300 nerve cells, 100 sweat glands, 3 million cells, and 3 yards of blood vessels. :
The structural plan of a whale's, a dog's, a bird's and a man's 'arm' are exactly the same. : :The world's first test-tube twins were born in June 1981. :
There are 45 miles of nerves in the skin of a human being.In a year, a person`s heart beats 40,000,000 times.
:Most people blink about 25 times a minute. :
Each square inch of human skin consists of twenty feet of :blood vessels. : :Nerve impulses to and from the brain travel as fast as 170 :miles per hour.
Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks otherwise it will digest itself.
Your left lung is smaller than your right lung to make room for :your heart.
You use an average of 43 muscles for a frown. You use an average of 17 muscles for a smile.
Every two thousand frowns :creates one wrinkle.
The average human blinks his eyes 6,205,000 times each year. :
The average human produces a quart of saliva a day or 10,000 gallons in a lifetime.
Every person has a unique tongue print.
The average human's heart will beat 3,000 million times in their lifetime.
The average human will pump 48 million gallons of blood in :their lifetime. : :You burn 26 calories in a one-minute kiss.
The average human body contains enough: Sulphur to kill all fleas on an average dog, Carbon to make 900 pencils, Potassium to fire :a toy cannon, Fat to make 7 bars of soap, Phosphorus to make :2,200 matchheads, and enough Water to fill a ten-gallon tank.
:Among the first known "dentists" of the world were the Etruscans. :In 700 BC they carved false teeth from the teeth of various :mammals :and produced partial bridgework good enough to eat with.
Ophthalmic surgery was one of the most advanced areas of medicine in the ancient world.
Detailed descriptions of delicate cataract surgery with sophisticated needle syringes is contained in the medical writings of Celsus (A.D.14-37)
A sneeze zooms out of your mouth at over 100 m.p.h.
If you were freeze-dried, 10% of your body weight would be from :the microorganisms on your body.
According to the World Health Organization, there are :approximately 100 million acts of sexual intercourse each day.
Your ears and nose continue to grow throughout your entire life. :
When you eat meat and drink milk in the same meal, your body does not absorb any of the milk's calcium. It is best to have 2 hours between the milk and meat intake.
Only humans and horses have hymens.
The tooth is the only part of the human body that can't repair itself.
Every human spent about half an hour as a single cell. :
One human brain generates more electrical impulses in a single day than all of the world's telephones put together.
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We have a a whole pharmacy within us. We can create any drug inside us.
Our bodies are recreating themselves constantly - we ,make a skeleton every 3 months, new skin every month.
We are capable of reversing the Aging Process!!
Bones - The largest bones is the femur, or thigh bone which is 20 inches in a six-foot tall man. The smallest bone is the stirrup in the ear, which is one-ten th of an inch. Each hand has 27 bones : eight in the wrist, five in the palm, and 14 in the fingers. A newborn baby has 300 bones, some of which fuse to form in the adult.
Blood - In a child, there are 60,000 miles of blood vessels. An adult has 100,000 miles of blood vessels. The blood circulates through the body 1,000 times a day.
Brain - A newborn baby has a brain that weights three ounces. The average brain of an adult weighs three pounds. The brains is the "mission control center" of the body, sending our messages at a rate of 240 miles per hour. The left side of the brain controls the right side of the body and the right side of the brain controls the left side of the body.
Cells - The cells are the body's building blocks. There are about 26 billion cells in an adult.
Eyes - Each eye weighs 1 1/4 ounces. The eyes are constantly in motion, even during sleep. Tears keep the eyes warm and are continually secreted through 12 ducts in the eye. Tears are normally secreted through two canals near the inner corner of the eyes.
Fluid - The body is two-thirds water. Blood is 83% water, muscles are 75% water, the brain 74% water, and the bones contain 22% water. In a single day, three pints of saliva are produced in the mouth.
Hair - Kids have about 75,000 hairs on their heads, which grow about 1/100 of an inch daily. Hairs of different colors grow at different rates. Dark hair grows faster than light-colored hair. No one known why. Each hair on the scalp grows about five inches a year. Eyelashes keep dust out of the eyes. An eye-lash lives about 150 days before it falls out and is replaced.
Muscles - There are over 650 muscles in the body, form the tiny ones that move the legs. The strongest muscle is the masseter muscle of the jaw. It takes at least 14 muscles to smile. The smallest in the body is located in the middle ear. Fingers have no muscles.
Nails - Nails are made up of hardened skin called keratin. Nails protect the ends of the fingers and toes. The half-moon at the root of the nail is called the lunule. Nails grow faster in summer than in winter. Fingernails grow fourtimes faster than toenails. Right - handed people's nails grow faster in their right hands. Left-handed people's nails grow faster on their left hand.
Nose - More than 2,500 gallons of air flow through the average adult's nose in a day. The nose can recognize up to 1,000 different smells. The nose is the air conditioning unit of the body. It cools or warms incoming air. It also filters the dirt and dust in the air.
Skin - The human body has six pounds of skin which is, on average, 1/20 of an inch thick. The two layers of skin are the epidermins and under it, the dermis. The skin is waterproof, it protects the body and helps to regulate body temperature. A substance called melanin colors the skin the more melanin, the darker the skin. A freckle is a dense concentration of melanin. A new layer of skin replaces the old layer approximately every 27 days, totalling about 1,000 new outer layers of skin a lifetime.
Teeth - Humans have 20 primary Baby teeth and 32 permanent teeth. By age 13 most people have 28 teeth. By age 18 the four "wisdom" teeth have grown in for a total of 32 permanent teeth.
From India, Coimbatore
Our heart beats around 100,00 times every day.
Our blood is on a 60,000-mile journey.
Our eyes can distinguish up to one million colour surfaces and take in more information than the largest telescope known to man.
Our lungs inhale over two million litres of air every day, without even thinking. They are large enough to cover a tennis court.
Our hearing is so sensitive it can distinguish between hundreds of thousands of different sounds.
Our sense of touch is more refined than any device ever created.
Our brain is more complex than the most powerful computer and has over 100 billion nerve cells.
We give birth to 100 billion red cells every day.
When we touch something, we send a message to our brain at 124 mph.
We have over 600 muscles.
We exercise at least 30 muscles when we smile.
We are about 70 percent water.
We make one litre of saliva a day.
Our nose is our personal air-conditioning system: it warms cold air, cools hot air and filters impurities.
In one square inch of our hand we have nine feet of blood vessels, 600 pain sensors, 9000 nerve endings, 36 heat sensors and 75 pressure sensors.
We have copper, zinc, cobalt, calcium, manganese, phosphates, nickel and silicon in our bodies.
50,000 of the cells in your body will die and be replaced with :new cells, all while you have been reading this sentence! :
In one hour, your heart works hard enough to produce the equivalent energy to raise almost 1 ton of weight 1 yard off :the ground. :
Scientists have counted over 500 different liver functions. :
In 1 square inch of skin there lies 4 yards of nerve fibers, 1300 nerve cells, 100 sweat glands, 3 million cells, and 3 yards of blood vessels. :
The structural plan of a whale's, a dog's, a bird's and a man's 'arm' are exactly the same. : :The world's first test-tube twins were born in June 1981. :
There are 45 miles of nerves in the skin of a human being.In a year, a person`s heart beats 40,000,000 times.
:Most people blink about 25 times a minute. :
Each square inch of human skin consists of twenty feet of :blood vessels. : :Nerve impulses to and from the brain travel as fast as 170 :miles per hour.
Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks otherwise it will digest itself.
Your left lung is smaller than your right lung to make room for :your heart.
You use an average of 43 muscles for a frown. You use an average of 17 muscles for a smile.
Every two thousand frowns :creates one wrinkle.
The average human blinks his eyes 6,205,000 times each year. :
The average human produces a quart of saliva a day or 10,000 gallons in a lifetime.
Every person has a unique tongue print.
The average human's heart will beat 3,000 million times in their lifetime.
The average human will pump 48 million gallons of blood in :their lifetime. : :You burn 26 calories in a one-minute kiss.
The average human body contains enough: Sulphur to kill all fleas on an average dog, Carbon to make 900 pencils, Potassium to fire :a toy cannon, Fat to make 7 bars of soap, Phosphorus to make :2,200 matchheads, and enough Water to fill a ten-gallon tank.
:Among the first known "dentists" of the world were the Etruscans. :In 700 BC they carved false teeth from the teeth of various :mammals :and produced partial bridgework good enough to eat with.
Ophthalmic surgery was one of the most advanced areas of medicine in the ancient world.
Detailed descriptions of delicate cataract surgery with sophisticated needle syringes is contained in the medical writings of Celsus (A.D.14-37)
A sneeze zooms out of your mouth at over 100 m.p.h.
If you were freeze-dried, 10% of your body weight would be from :the microorganisms on your body.
According to the World Health Organization, there are :approximately 100 million acts of sexual intercourse each day.
Your ears and nose continue to grow throughout your entire life. :
When you eat meat and drink milk in the same meal, your body does not absorb any of the milk's calcium. It is best to have 2 hours between the milk and meat intake.
Only humans and horses have hymens.
The tooth is the only part of the human body that can't repair itself.
Every human spent about half an hour as a single cell. :
One human brain generates more electrical impulses in a single day than all of the world's telephones put together.
THE TYANA TABLOID : 2 APRIL 2000
We have a a whole pharmacy within us. We can create any drug inside us.
Our bodies are recreating themselves constantly - we ,make a skeleton every 3 months, new skin every month.
We are capable of reversing the Aging Process!!
Bones - The largest bones is the femur, or thigh bone which is 20 inches in a six-foot tall man. The smallest bone is the stirrup in the ear, which is one-ten th of an inch. Each hand has 27 bones : eight in the wrist, five in the palm, and 14 in the fingers. A newborn baby has 300 bones, some of which fuse to form in the adult.
Blood - In a child, there are 60,000 miles of blood vessels. An adult has 100,000 miles of blood vessels. The blood circulates through the body 1,000 times a day.
Brain - A newborn baby has a brain that weights three ounces. The average brain of an adult weighs three pounds. The brains is the "mission control center" of the body, sending our messages at a rate of 240 miles per hour. The left side of the brain controls the right side of the body and the right side of the brain controls the left side of the body.
Cells - The cells are the body's building blocks. There are about 26 billion cells in an adult.
Eyes - Each eye weighs 1 1/4 ounces. The eyes are constantly in motion, even during sleep. Tears keep the eyes warm and are continually secreted through 12 ducts in the eye. Tears are normally secreted through two canals near the inner corner of the eyes.
Fluid - The body is two-thirds water. Blood is 83% water, muscles are 75% water, the brain 74% water, and the bones contain 22% water. In a single day, three pints of saliva are produced in the mouth.
Hair - Kids have about 75,000 hairs on their heads, which grow about 1/100 of an inch daily. Hairs of different colors grow at different rates. Dark hair grows faster than light-colored hair. No one known why. Each hair on the scalp grows about five inches a year. Eyelashes keep dust out of the eyes. An eye-lash lives about 150 days before it falls out and is replaced.
Muscles - There are over 650 muscles in the body, form the tiny ones that move the legs. The strongest muscle is the masseter muscle of the jaw. It takes at least 14 muscles to smile. The smallest in the body is located in the middle ear. Fingers have no muscles.
Nails - Nails are made up of hardened skin called keratin. Nails protect the ends of the fingers and toes. The half-moon at the root of the nail is called the lunule. Nails grow faster in summer than in winter. Fingernails grow fourtimes faster than toenails. Right - handed people's nails grow faster in their right hands. Left-handed people's nails grow faster on their left hand.
Nose - More than 2,500 gallons of air flow through the average adult's nose in a day. The nose can recognize up to 1,000 different smells. The nose is the air conditioning unit of the body. It cools or warms incoming air. It also filters the dirt and dust in the air.
Skin - The human body has six pounds of skin which is, on average, 1/20 of an inch thick. The two layers of skin are the epidermins and under it, the dermis. The skin is waterproof, it protects the body and helps to regulate body temperature. A substance called melanin colors the skin the more melanin, the darker the skin. A freckle is a dense concentration of melanin. A new layer of skin replaces the old layer approximately every 27 days, totalling about 1,000 new outer layers of skin a lifetime.
Teeth - Humans have 20 primary Baby teeth and 32 permanent teeth. By age 13 most people have 28 teeth. By age 18 the four "wisdom" teeth have grown in for a total of 32 permanent teeth.
From India, Coimbatore
Great going Mr. SARDHAR, My doubt is also the same....why under this heading - Financial Management ??. FACTS R QUITE IMPRESSIVE ...!! :lol: :lol: :lol: V. VENU
From India, Hyderabad
From India, Hyderabad
Dear All.. Because every part of body have its financial value.... and Peer Saab wants to say that every part of our body is very much costly... :D :wink:
From India, Ahmadabad
From India, Ahmadabad
Dear All,
Human body is the treasure that God has provided to us...Health is the best assest one should always take good care of...we cannot take our body for granted because we appear healthy...as Health is Wealth, the post is apt to come under financial management!!!!!!!
Thank you so much Peer Saab for the valuable facts about our human body. In this busy and highly-demanding world, it is higly essential to take good care of our health and rest our bodies to enjoy life......
Thanks Again....Thank You, Amit, for the enlightening thought....
Warmest Regards,
Shadan200
From India, Mumbai
Human body is the treasure that God has provided to us...Health is the best assest one should always take good care of...we cannot take our body for granted because we appear healthy...as Health is Wealth, the post is apt to come under financial management!!!!!!!
Thank you so much Peer Saab for the valuable facts about our human body. In this busy and highly-demanding world, it is higly essential to take good care of our health and rest our bodies to enjoy life......
Thanks Again....Thank You, Amit, for the enlightening thought....
Warmest Regards,
Shadan200
From India, Mumbai
Exellent Peer Sahib, very informative If you don’t tell us that it was a mistake, then we simply agreed to Amit. I extremely impressed with his comments. Regards, Hassan
From Pakistan, Islamabad
From Pakistan, Islamabad
what Hassan has said is absolutely right.
Anyway thank you M.P sir for your vlauable post again and a good comment given by Amit for supporting Our Senior member.
M.P Sir, we all citehr members are there here to support each other.
Regards
Dilnaz
From India, Bangalore
Anyway thank you M.P sir for your vlauable post again and a good comment given by Amit for supporting Our Senior member.
M.P Sir, we all citehr members are there here to support each other.
Regards
Dilnaz
From India, Bangalore
[b]I am not sure if Siddhartha Roy is reading all these ... but if he's doing so then I am sure that he's one of the proudest persons in this country for running this SITE . After-all Forums and Group sites are meant for this, what we see today in the above postings.....
CONGRATS ONE AND ALL OF U...!!!
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V. VENU
From India, Hyderabad
CONGRATS ONE AND ALL OF U...!!!
IAM GLAD IAM A MEMBER
V. VENU
From India, Hyderabad
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