amitywellness - The Human Body is Amazing! The human body is amazing, it consists of 206 bones and more than 650 muscles, our ears are actually able to detect over 400,000 sounds, our noses can smell up to 10,000 different odors, the focusing muscles of the eyes move around 100,000 times per day, the skin is able to remove toxins through sweat, protecting us from external temperature changes and completely regrow the outer skin every 27 days losing approximately 30,000 dead skin cells every minute, the kidneys contain about 1,000,000 filters and process more than one litre of blood every minute, the liver carry’s out more than 500 functions, the respiratory system enriches the blood with oxygen, the circulatory system contains more than 60,000miles of blood vessels, the nervous systems transmitting messages, the endocrine system secreting hormones, the digestive system absorbing nutrients and expelling wastes, the urinary system filtering the blood, the immune system protecting us from foreign bodies, bacteria, fungal infections and many more functions all working together in synchronicity every day of our lives, the human body truly is a miraculous gift. Read more about our amazing body:
Posted on: Tue, 09 Jul 2013 04:16:22 +0000