The Human body is amazingly complex and complicated. In order to function properly the smallest cell to the biggest organ needs to work in harmony. Around 50,000 cells died and were replaced by new cells by the time you finished reading this sentence.
Here are a few similarly amazing Human body facts for you.
- The cornea is the only part of the Human body that has no blood supply and it receives oxygen from air directly.
- The memory capacity of the brain is more than 4 Terabytes (4,000,000 MB).
- The nerve impulses from the brain of humans travel at a speed of 274 km/h.
- The only human part that can’t repair itself is the tooth.
- The length of all the blood vessels in the body is around 100,000 km.
- 80% of body heat is lost from the head.
- Our stomach also turns red when we blush.
- The human skeleton completely renews itself every decade.
- The growth of fingernails is four times faster than toenails.
- Every second around 100,000 chemical reactions happens in the brain.
- Skin is completely replaced around 1,000 times during a lifetime.
- If human eyes were a camera it would be 576 megapixels.
- The tongue is the strongest muscle of the body.
- Our bones are 50% lighter and yet as strong as compared to steel.
- The Human Heart is approximately the size of our fist.
- Blood travels around 60,000 miles (96560 km) in a day.
- Nose and ears don’t stop growing.
- It takes 17 muscles to smile and 43 muscles when we frown.
- The largest human organ is the skin.
- We can’t breath and swallow at the same time but infants can for approximately 7 months.
Our body is like a machine that runs non-stop. Like a machine needs fuel and maintenance, our body also needs good nutrition and exercise to remain functioning.
“There are moments when the human body can overcome things you would never expect”
Andrés Iniesta
Make sure you take care of your body so that it can take care of you.
Written by – Prateek Dwivedi
