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General Knowledge Facts About Human Body For FPSC, PPSC, NTS, CSS And Various Exams Part 8

General Knowledge Facts About Human Body For FPSC, PPSC, NTS, CSS  And Various Exams Part 8

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.