The Engenious Class: The Human Body

Monday, June 21, 2010

your body is made up of trillions of cells? Different parts of your body are made of different kinds of cells.
...your brain is like a computer, and controls your entire body?
...your heart beats about 70 times a minute, and each time it beats, it pumps about about a cupful of blood?
...an adult human heart weighs about 10 ounces and beats over 100,000 times a day?
...there are 206 bones in your skeleton?
...about half of the bones in the human body are located in the hands and feet?
...everyone has thirty-two teeth?
...your muscles make up about one-half of your body weight?
...if you were to remove your skin, it would weigh as much as 5 pounds?
...about 70 percent of your body weight is water?

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The Engenious Class