General Knowledge Facts About Human Body For FPSC, PPSC, NTS, CSS And Various Exams Part 1

General Knowledge For FPSC, PPSC, NTS, CSS 

And Various Exams  

(Facts About Human Body) 

Part 1

• Normal temperature of body is 98.4 deg: F = 37 deg: C
• Corrine is used as paralyzing agent
• A nerve cell is called neuron. Each neuron has several inputs called dendrites and a single output called axon
• Weakest bone is clavicle bone
• Hardest bone is collar bone
• The part of small intestine that joins large intestine is colon
• Hardest part of body is tooth
• Most abundant element in human body is carbon (chk Oxygen or calcium)
• Systole is heart contraction
• Diastole is heart relaxation
• Dendrites are connected with neurons
• Epidermis = outer skin is called the True skin, it is free from blood vessels and its cells are nourished by lymph
• Tendons hold muscles to the bones.
• The largest part of the human brain is the Cerebrum
• Blood fails to clot in the absence of Calcium the two most abundant elements by mass found in Earth's crust are Oxygen and Silicon
• Eardrum helps in keeping balance of the body
• In general, the probability of flooding decreases when there is an increase in the amount of infiltration
• Where is the 'Atlas' bone in the human body located? Neck
• What does intelligent people have more in their hair? zinc and copper
• Which base differentiates DNA and RNA? Uracil
• Eye is filled with liquids: two
• What is the name of bones of human finger? Phalanges
• Pons varolii is found in brain
• Human brain contains 4/5th of water
• % of water in body is 70%
• Carbon in human body is 18%
• Heart is conical in shape
• Weight of heart is 9 ounces with 4 cavities
• Weight of kidney is 41/2 ounces
• Weight of brain is 1.4 kg and it consists of 14 billion nerve cells
• Right kidney is shorter and little lower than left
• Kidneys are supplied blood though renal arteries
• Liver receives blood from the alimentary canal through Heptic Portal vein
• Coronary artery supplies blood to heart
• Each kidney contains about one million nephrons
• Eye ball is moved by six muscles
• Most active muscle of human body is eye muscle
• Digestion of food takes 3 to 4 hours in stomach
• Capacity of stomach is one and a half kilo of food
• Clavicle is the collar bone
• Scapula is the shoulder bone
• Sternum is the chest bone
• There are 24 ribs
• Spinal cord has 33 disks
• Bones in hand are 27
• Ulna is the bone of forearm
• Radius is the second bone of forearm