The human body

Published October 26, 2012

1.    What is the name of the tube that carries blood to the heart?

2.    Which is the largest bone in our body?

3.    How many ribs are in a human body?

4.    Where is the smallest bone in our body?

5.    How many teeth should an adult have, including their wisdom teeth?

6.    What is the strongest muscle in our body?

7.    What are the five human senses?

8.    Which is longer in the adult human body — the small intestine or the large intestine?

9.    Which organ of the human body is affected by hepatitis?

10.    By what name is the trachea more commonly known? — Rehan Jalal

Answers:

1.    A vein

2.    The femur is the longest bone in the human body and is located in the thigh (upper leg).

3.    Twenty-four (24), humans have 12 pairs of ribs / 24 ribs in all.

4.    The smallest bone in the body is in our ear and is called the stirrup bone (stapes). It is only 0.25 to 0.33cm long

5.    Thirty-two (32)

6.    Our tongue

7.    Hearing, sight, smell, touch and taste

8.    The small intestine, it is around seven metres long!

9.    Liver

10.    Wind-pipe

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