Ear Facts

Our ears help us detect sound. Ears convert sound waves into nerve impulses that are sent to the brain. While your ears pick up...

Tooth Facts

Teeth are used to help break down food. Humans form 2 sets of teeth over the course of their lives. The first set (sometimes called ba...

Eye Facts

Eyes detect light and allow us to see. The information our eyes receive is sent to our brain along the optic nerve. This information ...

Lung Facts

The primary functions of your lungs are to transport oxygen from the air you breathe into your bloodstream  while taking away carb...

Skin Facts

Skin is the human body’s largest organ (an organ is a group of tissues that work together to perform functions in your body, others inc...

Blood Facts

Blood makes up around 7% of the weight of a human body. Blood contains red blood cells, white blood cells and platelets. These blood...

Heart Facts

The heart is one of the most important organs in the human body, continuously pumping  blood  around our body  through blood vesse...

Human Brain Facts

The human brain is like a powerful computer that stores our memory and controls how we as humans think and react. It has evolved over ti...

Human Body Facts

The brain uses over a quarter of the oxygen used by the human body. More  human brain facts . Your heart beats around 100000 times...