General Knowledge For FPSC, PPSC, NTS, CSS
And Various Exams
(Facts About Human Body)
Part 8
- Arteries carry blood away from the heart except pulmonary arteries.
- Arteries carry oxygenated blood except pulmonary arteries.
- The smallest artery is called arteriole.
- The walls of veins are much thinner that the arteries.
- Coronary arteries supply blood to heart.
- Carotid arteries supply blood to head.
- Subclavian arteries supply blood to shoulder and forelimbs.
- Coelic artery supplies blood to digestive system.
- Renal artery supplies blood to kidneys.
- Iliac artery supplies blood to legs.
- The most important function of perspiration is to regulate the body temperature.
- The number of chromosomes in the human body is 46.
- First tissue culture was grown in space on Dec: 17, 1997.
- The tiny air sacs in the lung tissues are called alveoli.
- Farmer's lung is a type of hypersensitivity pneumonitis
- Otalgia is what condition-Earache
- Scurvy is a disease resulting from a deficiency of vitamin C, which is required for the synthesis of collagen in humans.
- Scorbutic gums, a symptom of scurvy
- Scurvy leads to the formation of spots on the skin, spongy gums, and bleeding from the mucous membranes. The spots are most abundant on the thighs and legs, and a person with the ailment looks pale, feels depressed, and is partially immobilized. In advanced scurvy there are open, suppurating wounds and loss of teeth. It was described by Hippocrates
- Shortsightedness can be corrected with the use of Concave.
- Pancreas lies partly on the left side and partly on the right side of the body.
- In total 25 elements are present in human body.
