Blood and the Heart Facts

Blood and the Heart Facts

1. The aorta, the largest artery in the body, is almost the diameter of a garden hose.

2. Capillaries are so small that it takes ten of them to equal the thickness of a human hair.

3. A red blood cell can circumnavigate your body in under 20 seconds.

4. A drop of blood contains 250 million cells.

5. A healthy liver processes 720 liters of blood per day.

6. A heartbeat is the sound produced by the closure of valves of the heart when the blood is pushed through its chamber.

7. A simple, moderately severe sunburn damages the blood vessels extensively.

8. A square inch of skin consists of three yards of blood vessel.

9. An adult human body contains five to six quarts of blood and an infant has about one quart of blood.

10. All the blood in our body passes 400 times through each kidney per day.

11. Arterial blood contains a lot of oxygen and nutrients for the body whereas venous blood contains low oxygen level and nutrients.

12. Aspirin and alcohol can be absorbed directly into the bloodstream through the stomach lining.

13. Blood is 6 times thicker than water.

14. Every 60 seconds, your red blood cells do a complete circuit of your body.

15. Every day 440 Gallons of blood flows through each kidney.

16. Except the heart and lungs, all other parts of the body receive their blood supply from the largest artery of the body, the aorta.

17. For every pound of fat gained, you add seven miles of new blood vessels.

18. Human blood is a make up of Red Blood Cells carrying oxygen, White Blood Cells that fight disease, Platelets that help the blood to clot and a liquid called plasma.

19. Human blood is colorless. It is the hemoglobin; a pigment present in the red blood cells is responsible for the red color of the blood.

20. In 24 hours, the blood in the body travels a total of 12,000 miles - that’s four times the width of North America.

21. In a lifetime, the human kidneys clean over 1 million gallons of blood.

22. It takes about 20 seconds for a red blood cell to circle the whole body.

23. In each kidney, there are 1 million filters that clean around 1.3 liters of blood every minute and push out close to 1.5 liters of urine every day.

24. On an average an adults heart pumps about 4,000 gallons of blood each day.

25. In one square inch of our hand we have nine feet of blood vessels, 600 pain sensors, 9000 nerve endings, 36 heat sensors and 75 pressure sensors.

26. Our blood is on a 60,000-mile journey per day.

27. Platelets, which are one of the constituents of the blood are produced at the rate of one hundred billion per day.

28. Red Blood Cells are the only cells in the body that do not have a nucleus.

29. Red Blood Cells comprise about 40% of blood volume.

30. Red blood cells are about seven micrometer in diameter.

31. Red Blood Cells lasts only for about 4 months before they wear out.

32. The heart pumps about 1 million barrels of blood during an average lifetime - that’s enough to fill 2 oil super tankers!

33. The human body contains 30 000 billion red blood cells.

34. The human body is estimated to have 60,000 miles of blood vessels.

35. The human body makes 2.5 million Red Blood Cells every second or about 200 billion Red Blood Cells every day.

36. The human heart beats 30 million times a year.

37. The human heart continues to beat for 5 seconds even after it is taken out of the body.

38. The human heart creates enough pressure when it pumps blood, that it could squirt blood 30 feet.

39. The human heart is not on the left-hand side of the body; it’s in the middle.

40. The human heart pumps 6,000 liters of blood daily through a man lifetime.

41. The kidneys filter your blood up to 300 times per day.

42. The total length of human blood vessels could circle the globe 2 1/2 times.

43. The liquid inside young coconuts can be used as a substitute for blood plasma.

44. The most common blood type in the world is Type O.

45. The Pulmonary vein is the only vein in the human body that carries oxygenated blood while all the other veins of the body carry de-oxygenated blood.

46. There are 2.5 trillion (give or take) of red blood cells in your body at any moment.

47. There are about 30 - 40 billion white blood cells present in our body to fight against infective and foreign organisms.

48. There are approximately 96,000 km of blood vessels in the human body.

49. You need to consume a quart of water each day for four months to equate to the amount of blood your heart pumps in one hour.

50. Your body has about 5.6 liters (6 quarts) of blood. This 5.6 liters of blood circulates through the body three times every minute.

51. Your brain uses 20% of the oxygen that enters your bloodstream.

52. Your heart will pump nearly 1.5 million barrels of blood during your lifetime, enough to fill 200 train tank cars.

53. Women’s hearts beat faster than men’s.

54. The left side of the human heart is much thicker and stronger than the right side.

55. Every day, your heart creates enough energy to drive a truck for 20 miles.

56. Hold out your hand and make a fist. If you are a kid, the size of your heart is same as the size of your fist and if you are an adult it is about the same size as twice as your fist.

57. Human lips have a reddish color because of the great concentration of tiny capillaries just below the skin.

58. Monday is the day of the week when the risk of heart attack is greatest.

59. Normal human pulse rate is around 70 heartbeats per minute.

60. Our heart beats around 100,00 times every day or about 30 million times in a year.

61. We give birth to over 200 billion red cells every day.

62. Your heart beats 100,000 times a day.

63. Your heartbeat changes and mimics the music you listen to.