• Question: Which part of the body is used the most in a day

    Asked by jess10amy to Luca, Liam, Emma, Damian, Alan on 18 Jun 2013.
    • Photo: Liam Bagley

      Liam Bagley answered on 18 Jun 2013:

      I’d say its our heart as a muscle (Although some of the scientists may disagree!). It is constantly contracting to pump blood around our bodies.
      Just think if the average heart beats about 70beats a minute, thats 4200 an hour (70x60mins), then 100,800 beats in a 24 hour period!Thats enormous!

    • Photo: Alan Richardson

      Alan Richardson answered on 18 Jun 2013:

      The vast majority of the body is always in use, even when you are asleep. Even the muscles are always functioning. The heart and brain obviously have to be working all the time or you would simply die.

    • Photo: Emma Ross

      Emma Ross answered on 21 Jun 2013:

      There are some parts of our body that just have to work all the time, otherwise we would stop living. There are lots of bits that are constantly working, like Alan and Liam say, the heart, the brain and the lungs all have really important jobs that don’t stop!

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