Sunday, August 14, 2005

factoids

humans have 4 muscles attached to their ears. horses have 13 since they display emotion through them.humans use their faces.

the higher up the chain the less bones make up the skull. some fish have over 100 bones composing their skulls,reptiles are in the 70 range,primitive mammels about 40 and humans have 22.

the tempromandibular joint,where your jaw attaches to the rest of you skull forming your cake hole is the most used joint in the body moving 2-3ooo times a day.

a girrafes lung capacity is nearly 12 gallons

the loudest snore ever recorded was 69 decibels

not every one has 12 pair of ribs,some have 11 or 13 pairs or just une extra rib one one side

a giraffe only has 5 cervical vertabrae which measure around 11 inches each

a horses head and neck can weigh up to 300 pounds,it's ligamentum nuchae keeps the head in the upright position,a horse has to use muscle power to drop it's head.

no more facts for you

2 comments:

Andrea said...

Where do you come up with this stuff. I just dazzled me mom with it. hehe

stonelifter said...

i am a basin of useless info,thes last little facts all came from one of my course anatomy books.cup of snot a day,i produce that in the first five minutes i am awake,pain in the ass every morning horking up that much lugey.