THE AMAZING HUMAN

BODY

Anfernee Hamilton

What'sSoAmazingAboutBlood?

The heart beats around 3 billion times in the average persons

life.

About 8 million blood cells die in the human body every second
and the same are born each second.

It takes 20 seconds for a red blood cell to circle the whole

body.

Red blood cells make approximately 250,000 round trips of

the body before returning to the bone marrow, where they
were born to die.

What's Amazing About Breathing?

The right lung is slightly larger than the left.

The highest recorded sneeze is 165km/hr.

The surface of the lungs is roughly the same size

as a tennis court.

We lose half a liter of water a day through

breathing. This is the water vapor we see when
we breath onto a glass.

What's Amazing About Digestion

We eat about 500kg of food per year.
1.7L of saliva is produced per day.
The esophagus is approximately 25cm
long.
Everyday 11.5L of digested food, liquids,
and digestive juices flow through the
digestive system but only 100ml is lost
in feces.

WHATS SO AMAZING ABOUT

EYES?

The human eye weighs

approximately 28 grams.
Men are able to read fine print
better than women.
All Babies are born color blind.
The reason our noses run when we
cry is because tears from our eyes
drain into our nose.
It is impossible to sneeze with your
eyes open.

WHATS SO AMAZING ABOUT

BONES?

The smallest bone is the strapes

bone which is located in the ear.
Babies are born with 300 bones,
Adults have 206 bones.
Fingernails grow 4 times faster than
toenails.
Your femur (thigh bone) is stronger
than concrete.

WHATS SO AMAZING ABOUT

SKIN?

Your skin is the largest organ in

your body.
The feet have approximately
250,000 sweat glands.
In one day, you shed 10 billion
skin flakes, totaling 2 kilograms
a year.
The average woman has 17
square feet of skin. In her 9th
month of pregnancy a woman
has 18.5 square feet of skin.

WHATS SO AMAZING ABOUT

YOU?

CITATIONS

A Look Inside The Human Body (Internet).

June 2007. Monmouth, IL: July 8, 2009.
Available from:
http://warriors.warren.k12.il.us/dburke/bodyin
dex.htm

Funshun.com.2000-2009.Date accessed
7/8/09. Available from:
http://www.funshun.com/amazing-facts/humanbody-facts.html