Wednesday, 30 December 2009

For every two weeks, the human stomach produces a new layer of mucous lining, otherwise the stomach will digest itself. The human liver performs 500 d

  • For every two weeks, the human stomach produces a new layer of mucous lining, otherwise the stomach will digest itself.
  • The human liver performs 500 different functions.
  • Liver is the largest and heaviest internal organ of the bbody and weighs about 1.6 kilos.
  • The liver is the only organ of the body, which has the capacity to regenerate itself completely even after being removed almost completely
  • A healthy liver processes 720 liters of blood per day.
  • The human stomach contains about 35 million small digestive glands.
  • The human stomach produces about 2.5 liters of gastric juice everyday.
  • In an average person, it takes 8 seconds for food to travel down the food pipe, 3-5 hours in small intestine and 3-4 days in the large intestine.
  • The human body takes 6 hours to digest a high fat meal and takes 2 hours for a carbohydrate meal.

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