Body measurements

Its one of the earliest and best explorations of anthropometry or the scientific study of the measurements and proportions of the human body. The total length of all the blood vessels in the human body is about 100000 km. Did you know stewardesses is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand. Did you know a giraffe can clean its ears with its 21 inch tongue. Did you know the longest street in the world is yonge street in toronto canada measuring 1896 km 1178 miles. The longest bone in an adult human is the thighbone measuring about 18 inches 46 cm.

During your lifetime it will beat about 3 billion times and pump about 400 million litres 800 million pints of blood. 24901 miles across the continental us. Did you know the word strengths is the longest word in the english language with just one vowel. The basic parts of the human body are. The adult human brain weighs about 3 pounds 1300 1400 g. The human body is everything that makes up well you.

Read on for ten little known fun facts about the human body. Your body measurements equal each other. Your heartbeats 101000 times a day. On average a persons respiration rate is one third higher in spring than in autumn. 238854 miles from the earth to the sun. Near and far around the earth at the equator.

We lose 80 of our body heat from the head. The shortest bone is in the ear and is just 01 inches 25 cm long which is shorter than a grain of rice. By the end of a persons life they can recall on average around 150 trillion pieces of information. 7 fun body measurement activities with a piece of string. Fast facts about your body the length from your wrist to your elbow is the same as the length of your foot. Length did you knows.

Youre probably familiar with leonardo da vincis famous sketch the vetruvian man. Anatomy facts functions. Nonstandard measurement for kids to learn human body facts number comparison basic math concepts. The cat brain weighs about 30 g. The adult human brain is about 2 of the total body weight. The old saw that we use just 10 percent of our brainpower isnt true.

3000 miles from the earth to the moon. By rachael rettner senior writer 10 march 2016. 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. An adult who weighs 150 pounds has a skeleton that weighs about 21 pounds. According to one calculation the average human head contains 456 trillion trillion atoms. The elephant brain weighs about 6000 g.