Human Body Facts Flashcards
Numbers and facts about the human body.
- Bones in an adult human
- 206.
- Largest bone
- Femur (thigh bone).
- Smallest bone
- Stapes (in the middle ear).
- Largest organ
- Skin.
- Largest gland
- Liver.
- Longest cell
- Neuron (nerve cell).
- Normal body temperature
- 37 °C (98.6 °F).
- Life span of red blood cells
- About 120 days.
- pH of human blood
- About 7.4 (slightly alkaline).
- Universal blood donor / recipient
- Donor: O negative
Recipient: AB positive - Normal blood pressure
- 120/80 mmHg.
- Insulin is secreted by
- Beta cells of the Islets of Langerhans in the pancreas.