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An average person has 10 gallons of water in his body, plus enough fat for 7 bars of soap, enough lime to whitewash a small shed, enough phosphorus to make over two thousand matches, and enough iron to make a small one-inch nail. The normal person in the course of a life time consumes approximately 50 tons of food and 11,000 gallons of liquid. (This includes protein drinks!!) The skeleton can be considered as an arrangement of levers. These levers (bones) are moved by MUSCLE. The range by power and type of movement is governed by the nature of the joints and length of the bone levers, the arrangement of the muscles, and the weight of the load to be shifted. The structure of bones and muscle is such that terrific strains are able to be withstood. The long bones are constructed of concentrated CANCELLI which add great strength whilst minimizing their weight. An example the durability of the body is the fact that tendons anchoring muscles to the bone are strong enough to withstand a stress of 8 tons p
All Photos by Russ Warner, from
Encyclopedia of
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We have 206 bones, 650 muscles, and over 100
joints. We have an estimated 60,000 miles of arteries, veins and
tiny capillaries, with over 13,000 million nerve cells. During an
average lifetime, we breath 500 million times.