- The heart weighs between about 10 to 12 ounces (280 to 340 grams) in men.
- The heart weighs between about 8 to 10 ounces (230 to 280 grams) in women.
- The heart beats about 100,000 times per day (about 3 billion beats in a lifetime).
- An adult heart beats about 72-80 times per minutes.
- Newborn’s heart beats faster than adult hearts, about 70 to 190 beats per minutes.
- The hearts pumps about 6 quarts (5.7 liters) of blood throughout the body.
- The heart is located in the center of the chest, usually pointing slightly left.
- The longest bone in an adult human is the thigh bone, measuring about 18 inches (46 cm).
- The shortest bone is in the ear and is just 0.1 inches (0.25 cm), which is shorter than a grain of rice.
- The largest bone “Femur” can support 30 times the weight of a person.