40 Interesting facts about your body

in Health, Pearl of Great Price / on April 12, 2012 at 11:21 pm /

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“And I, God, created man in mine own image…and, behold, all things which I had made were very good”

Moses 2:27, 31

Heavenly Father made us in His image.  A brief look at the body confirms our divine creation.

40 Facts About Your Body

Your Brain

  1. Contains 80-120 billion nerve cells (neurons)
  2. Weighs about 3 lbs
  3. Is soft like soft Jello or Tofu
  4. Doesn’t feel pain
  5. Can store in memory every single experience you’ve had
  6. Generates about 10-23 watts of power when awake
  7. Is about 3/4 water
  8. Uses about 1/5 of the body’s oxygen
  9. Uses about 1/5 of the body’s blood
  10. Can survive 4-6 minutes without oxygen

Your Eyes

  1. Each weigh about 28 grams
  2. Can distinguish about 10 million different colors
  3. Contain more than 2 million working parts
  4. Blink on average about 10,000 times/day
  5. Can process 36,000 bits of information an hour
  6. Can see the light of a candle up to 14 miles away
  7. Can focus on about 50 things per second
  8. Are the only sensory organs that can perform 100% day or night with no rest
  9. Are mostly covered- only 1/6th of them are visible to others
  10. May contribute to 85% of your knowledge

Your Nose

  1. Can distinguish up to 50,000 different scents
  2. Continues to grow until about age 17-19, and then lengthens because of gravity and tissue breakdown
  3. Produces with the sinuses between a pint and a quart of mucus each day
  4. Plays a large role is taste
  5. Detects smells easier if you are a girl
  6. Can sneezes up to 100 mph
  7. May sense only seven types of odors: musky, putrid, pungent, camphoraceous, ethereal, floral, and minty
  8. May contribute to your ability to sense emotions of your loved ones
  9. Warms, moistens and filters air before it reaches the lungs
  10. Is made of bones, skin and cartilage

Your Skin

  1. Is the largest organ and weighs about 8lbs
  2. Is about 22 square feet
  3. Consists of about 300 million skin cells
  4. Takes about two months to shed and renew itself
  5. Has about 10 hairs and 100 sweat glands per square inch
  6. Protects you from harmful temperatures, sunlight and chemicals
  7. Is made up of three layers- epidermis, dermis and subcutis
  8. Produces melanin, that protects you from UV rays and changes your skin color
  9. Is softened by the sebum your hairs produce
  10. Has about 45 miles of nerves

 

“Each organ of your body is a wondrous gift from God. Each eye has an autofocusing lens. Nerves and muscles control two eyes to make a single three-dimensional image. The eyes are connected to the brain, which records the sights seen.  Your heart is an incredible pump. It has four delicate valves that control the direction of blood flow. These valves open and close more than 100,000 times a day—36 million times a year. Yet, unless altered by disease, they are able to withstand such stress almost indefinitely.”

-Elder Russell M. Nelson

My Opinion: I know God lives and we are His children.  Learning about Him and our divine heritage elevates our minds and ennobles our spirits.  We begin to realize the immense capacity we have to bless others and make a difference.

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