Fun Fact Friday: The Human Body

Question 1

How long does it take for digesting food to pass through the large intestine?

Accepted Answer

16 hours

Question 2

How many major systems are found in the human body?

Accepted Answer

11

Question 3

You are taller in the morning than you are at the end of the day

Accepted Answer

True

Question 4

Which organ can completly regenerate itself?

Accepted Answer

Liver

Question 5

In the human body, the patella is commonly known as what?

Accepted Answer

Knee cap

Question 6

What is the hardest working muscle in your body?

Accepted Answer

Heart

Question 7

What is the largest organ in the human body?

Accepted Answer

Skin

Question 8

On average, the human brain is not compltely formed until what age?

Accepted Answer

25

Question 9

What is the tube that carries chewed-up food into your stomach called?

Accepted Answer

Oesophagus

Question 10

Which is the strongest muscle in the human body?

Accepted Answer

Jaw

Question 11

Which grows faster; your toe nails or finger nails?

Accepted Answer

Finger Nails

Question 12

On average, humans get an entirely new skeleton every 8 years

Accepted Answer

True

Question 13

How many flakes of dead skin do humans approximately lose each minute?

Accepted Answer

50 000

Question 14

What percentage of the human body is water?

Accepted Answer

66%

Question 15

Your shoulder and hip are examples of what kind of joints?

Accepted Answer

Ball and Socket Joints

Question 16

You have the same number of bones in your neck as a giraffe

Accepted Answer

True

Question 17

What part of your body never stops growing due to gravity?

Accepted Answer

Nose, Ears

Question 18

There are around ____ bones in the ADULT human body.

Accepted Answer

206

Question 19

The acid in your stomach is so strong it can dissolve metal

Accepted Answer

True

Question 20

Testicles are found outside of the human body because sperm die at body temperature (37 degrees)

Accepted Answer

True

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