Fascinating facts about the human body

George morris physio wigan

Fascinating facts about the human body

Bones

A baby is born with over 300 bones but over time some fuse together, resulting in an adult bone count of 206. In an adult, 26 bones are in the feet whereas the hand, including the wrist, contains 54 bones.

MUSCLES

About 200 different muscles work in coordination when you take one single step,.

HEART

One of the hardest working organs in the body; it beats around 2.5 billion times and pumps a million barrels of blood during an average lifetime. The pulse even changes according to the music you listen to.

Brain

With billions of nerve cells, it is the most complex organ in the body and messages from the brain travel along the motor neurons at almost 200 mph (322 km/h). Neurons do not have pain receptors, which is why surgeons can perform open-brain procedures while a patient is awake and the scalp is numbed.

JAW

The strongest muscle, based on its weight, is the masseter muscle, also called the jaw muscle. Together, jaw muscles can close the teeth with a force as strong as 55 pounds (25 kilograms) on the incisor teeth or 200 pounds (90.7 kilograms) on the molar teeth.

VEINS AND ARTERIES

If all arteries, veins and capillaries were placed end to end, they would measure about 60,000 miles (96,560 km) for a child and 100,000 miles (161,000 km) for an adult.

LAUGH

When you laugh, oxygen-rich nutrients and blood flow through the body. It improves the function of vessels, decreasing the risk of cardiovascular problems.