Interesting Facts About Human Organs

Interesting Facts About Human Brain

• The human brain is almost twice as large as the brain of the bottlenose dolphin, and three times as large as the brain of a chimpanzee.
• The left-hand side of your brain controls the right -side of your body whereas the right-hand side controls the left part of the body .
• The adult human brain weighs on average about 3 lbs. (1.5 kg)
• The brain grows quickest until the age of 5.
• The brain consumes up to 20 % of the energy used by the human body, more than any other organ. brain
• Although the human brain represents only 2% of the body weight, it receives 15% of the cardiac output, 20% of total body oxygen consumption, and 25% of total body glucose utilization.

Interesting Facts About Human Eye

• The human eye can distinguish about 10 million colors.
• The typical adult eye has an anterior to posterior diameter of 24 millimeters, a volume of six cubic centimeters (0.4 cu. in.), and a mass of 7.5 grams (weight of 0.25 oz.).
• The only part of the body that has no blood supply is the cornea in the eye. It takes in oxygen directly from the air.
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  The approximate field of view of an individual human eye is 95° away from the nose, 75° downward, 60° toward the nose, and 60° upward. The eyeball of a human weighs approximately 28 grams.

Interesting Facts About Human Heart

• The human heart has a mass of between 250 and 350 grams.
• The human heart is about the size of a large fist.
• The human heart is so powerful that it can squirt the blood no less than 9 meters high. heart

Interesting Facts About Human Lungs

• Together, the lungs contain approximately 2,400 kilometers (1,500 mi) of airways and 300 to 500 million alveoli, having a total surface area of about 70 square meters (750 sq ft) (8,4 x 8,4 m) in adults — roughly the same area as one side of a tennis court.
• The right lung is bigger than the left lung. The left lung is small so as to adjust the heart in that part.
• The lungs have three lobes on the right and two on the left.
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  Each lung weighs 1.1 kilograms (2.4 lb), therefore making the entire organ about 2.3 kilograms (5.1 lb).

Interesting Facts About Human Kidneys

• The right kidney is slightly lower than the left.
• Each adult kidney weighs between 125 and 170 grams in males and between 115 and 155 grams in females.
• The left kidney is typically slightly larger than the right kidney.
• The kidney is approximately 11–14 cm in length, 6 cm wide and 4 cm thick.
• The kidneys filter about 1.3 liters of blood every minute & expel up to 1.4 liters of urine in a day.
• The kidneys receive approximately 20% of the cardiac output. kidneys

Interesting Facts About Human Liver

• A human liver normally weighs 1.44–1.66 kg (3.2–3.7 lb).
• It is both the largest internal organ (the skin being the largest organ overall) and the largest gland in the human body.
• The liver gets dual blood supply from the hepatic portal vein and hepatic arteries.
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Interesting Facts About Human Large Intestine & Small Intestine

• Large Intestine: The large intestine is about 4.9 feet (1.5 m) long, which is about one-fifth of the whole length of the intestinal canal.
• The large intestine takes about 16 hours to finish the digestion of the food.
• The large intestine houses over 700 species of bacteria that perform a variety of functions.
• Small Intestine: The average length of the small intestine in an adult human male is 6.9 m (22 feet 6 inches), and in the adult female 7.1 m (23 feet 4 inches).
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• It can vary greatly, from as short as 4.6 m (15 feet) to as long as 9.8 m (32 feet). It is approximately 2.5–3 cm in diameter.

Interesting Facts About Human Urinary Bladder

• The urinary bladder usually holds 300-350 ml of urine.
• The urge to urinate is triggered when the bladder contains about 100 to 200 ml of urine. kidneys

Interesting Facts About Human Stomach

• The average human stomach can comfortably hold about a liter of food. In adult humans, the stomach has a relaxed, near the empty volume of about 45 to 75 ml.
• Because it is a distensible organ, it normally expands to hold about one liter of food but can hold as much as two to three liters.
• The stomach of a newborn human baby will only be able to retain about 30 ml. stomach