The Human Body

HUMAN BODY FACTS TO KNOW

• 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.