7 fun body measurement activities with a piece of string. An adult who weighs 150 pounds has a skeleton that weighs about 21 pounds. Its one of the earliest and best explorations of anthropometry or the scientific study of the measurements and proportions of the human body. On average a persons respiration rate is one third higher in spring than in autumn. The old saw that we use just 10 percent of our brainpower isnt true. By rachael rettner senior writer 10 march 2016.
The longest bone in an adult human is the thighbone measuring about 18 inches 46 cm. Did you know a giraffe can clean its ears with its 21 inch tongue. The brain accounts for about 2 percent of body weight but it uses about 20 percent of the oxygen in our blood and 25 percent of the glucose circulating in our bloodstream. Read on for ten little known fun facts about the human body. The elephant brain weighs about 6000 g. The basic parts of the human body are.
The total length of all the blood vessels in the human body is about 100000 km. The human body is everything that makes up well you. The adult human brain is about 2 of the total body weight. According to one calculation the average human head contains 456 trillion trillion atoms. By the end of a persons life they can recall on average around 150 trillion pieces of information. Length did you knows.
24901 miles across the continental us. Did you know stewardesses is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand. Near and far around the earth at the equator. Your body measurements equal each other. Fast facts about your body the length from your wrist to your elbow is the same as the length of your foot. Did you know the word strengths is the longest word in the english language with just one vowel.
Anatomy facts functions. Youre probably familiar with leonardo da vincis famous sketch the vetruvian man. The adult human brain weighs about 3 pounds 1300 1400 g. During your lifetime it will beat about 3 billion times and pump about 400 million litres 800 million pints of blood. 238854 miles from the earth to the sun. Your heartbeats 101000 times a day.
Did you know the longest street in the world is yonge street in toronto canada measuring 1896 km 1178 miles. Nonstandard measurement for kids to learn human body facts number comparison basic math concepts. The shortest bone is in the ear and is just 01 inches 25 cm long which is shorter than a grain of rice. We lose 80 of our body heat from the head. 3000 miles from the earth to the moon. The cat brain weighs about 30 g.