Did You Know? Fun Facts About the Human Body
Amazing Anatomy
The heart is the strongest muscle in the body.
The largest muscle in your body is located in your rear end.
The human neck has the same number of vertebrae as a giraffes neck.
I don't believe this??!!
There are 22 bones in the human skull.
The human skull is 80% water.
The average human head weighs about 8 pounds.
Your heart is just a bit bigger than your fist. :luv:
The heart pumps 36,000 gallons of blood a day.
The smallest bone in the body is in your ear.
The femur (thigh bone) is the biggest bone in the body.
Gross-Out Goodies
The average human will shed 40 pounds of skin in a lifetime.
The strong contraction of your heart creates enough pressure to squirt blood up to 30 feet.
About 75% of poop is made up of water. The rest consists of undigested plant fibers and germs.
The average person loses about 80-100 hairs a day.
Now THIS I believe!!
Your nose makes about a cup of snot each day.
You usually release about one and a half quarts of pee a day.
Fascinating Facts
Your nose and ears never stop growing. :lies:
Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
The air released from a sneeze can exceed 100 mph.
Its impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.
From the age of thirty, humans gradually begin to shrink in size.
Yep! I've shrunk 3/4 inches...
At rest a normal person breathes 10-15 times a minute. A baby takes about 40-50 breaths a minute.
Like a fingerprint, every person has a unique tongue print.
Every time you step forward, you use fifty-four muscles.
The surface area of a human lung is equal to a tennis court.
Food stays in your stomach for 2 to 4 hours.
Your funny bone isnt bone at all. Its a nerve that runs just under your skin in each elbow.
