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Blood - Sugar Chart
A detailed description of values of sugar in blood in terms of mg/dl depending upon the test- Fasting, maximum and Glucose tolerance test (GTT) for Normal persons, early diabetes and established diabetes

A few interesting facts

Insulin, a hormone produced by the pancreas, helps maintain normal blood sugar levels
Blood sugar (glucose) - main fuel that the body uses to produce energy
Uncontrolled or high blood sugar levels can lead to health complications such as blindness, heart diseases, kidney disease, sexual erectile dysfunction.
Increase in concentration of glucose in the blood leads to a condition called "diabetic coma" or hyperglycemia.

Normal Value

Fasting Value 70 to 110
2 Hours After Food 80 to 120

Early Diabetes

Fasting Value 120 to 140
Maximum Value 160 to 180

Established Diabetes

Fasting Value more than 140
Maximum Value 200 or more

Do you know the signs of a heart attack?

Uncomfortable pressure, fullness, squeezing or pain in the center of the chest lasting longer than two minutes.
Pain in the shoulder, arm, neck or jaw.
Sweating.
Nausea and vomiting.
Shortness of breath, dizziness or fainting.

Your heart is a hollow muscle about the same size as your fist
Your heart beats about 100,000 times a day
Your heart pumps a total of 8,000 gallons of blood 12,000 miles through your body every day
The heart beats 3000 million times in an average lifetime.
The heart beats an average of 72 beats a minute

Skin is the body's largest organ. The liver is the second largest

Everyone is color-blind at the beginning of life. That's because cone cells don't develop in the eyes until a baby is about six to eight months old

There are as many as 50 or more primary sensations of smell
There are over 200 different cold viruses

Did you know that pain has a purpose? Pain is a protective mechanism for the body. It occurs whenever tissues are being damaged, and it causes the individual to react to whatever is causing the pain

What are the primary sensations of taste?

Sour, Salty, Sweet and Bitter

Hiccupping occurs when your normal breathing pattern gets interrupted. Your diaphragm sends an unusual gust of air to your lungs. At the same time, your brain sends a message to your tongue and upper part of your throat to clamp down to stop the rush of air

Donated organs need to be transplanted quickly How long can donated organs last outside the body?

A heart lasts three to five hours
A liver lasts for 10 hours
A kidney lasts for 24 to 48 hours

The human body consists of nine main systems:

Skeletal system
Muscular system
Nervous system
Hormonal system
Circulatory system
Digestive system
Respiratory system
Immune system
Reproductive system
The entire body contains about 100 trillion cells
About 56 percent of the human body is fluid

The central nervous system is composed of more than 100 billion neurons

The cerebral cortex is the smallest part of the brain, but it is the largest portion of the nervous system.

The brain has three parts:

cerebrum-outer part; governs thought, the senses and movement
cerebellum-middle; controls balance and muscle coordination
cerebral cortex-nner; governs involuntary muscles

There are 206 bones in the human body
Bones might be classified as part of the circulatory system since they produce all of the body's blood cells within their marrow
Although your bones are hard, inside they are, in fact, light and spongy and about three-fourths water

There are 600 muscles in the body
Each hair on your body comes equipped with a tiny muscle that can make it stand upright
Approximately 40 percent of the body is skeletal muscle and almost another 10 percent is smooth and cardiac muscle

Blood is a liquid organ

There are four types of blood,

A, B, O and AB and the most common is type O:

Type O - 47%
Type A - 41%
Type B - 9%
Type AB - 3%

Kidneys clean your blood
Each minute, about a quart of blood passes through your kidneys and comes out clean
In a lifetime, your kidneys will wash more than 1 million gallons of blood

You have 26 feet of intestine; the small intestine is 21 feet long and the large intestine is 5 feet
Did you know that your digestive system starts working even before you take your first bite of food? The sight and smell of the food makes special glands in your mouth produce saliva or spit
A meal takes between 12 to 15 hours to go through the whole digestive system

What job does your appendix do?

Nothing, it is a little dead-end tube or sac that dangles about three inches from the lowest part of your large intestine. Food particles sometimes get caught in the tube and bacteria grows, irritating the appendix. It swells up and needs to be removed

An average adult needs between 1,300 and 1,600 calories a day
Growing kids ages 7 to 10 need an average of 2,400
Boys ages 11 to 14 needs 2,700
Girls that age need 2,200

The scrotum is a sac that hangs under the penis and holds the testes. It is divided internally into two halves by a membrane; each half containing a testis. It has an outer layer of thin, wrinkled skin over a layer of tissue which contains muscle. The testicle lies inside the scrotum and produces as many as 12 trillion sperm in a male's lifetime, about 400 million of which are ejaculated in one average intercourse.

Each sperm takes about seventy-two days to mature and its maturity is overseen by a complex interaction of hormones. The scrotum has a built-in thermostat, which keeps the sperm at the correct temperature. It may be surprising that the testicles should lie in such a vulnerable place, outside the body, but it is too hot inside. The sperm production needs a temperature which is three to five degrees below body temperature. If it becomes too cool on the outside, the scrotum will contract to bring the testes closer the body for warmth.

This is a post mortem autopsy lab movie (for educational use)
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