Recent questions tagged human body

Description : What height is short for a man?

Last Answer : Was it Abe Lincoln who said “A man’s legs should be long enough to reach the floor.”?

Description : Which three human physical sensations do you enjoy most?

Last Answer : Breathing, satiation of hunger and human touch

Description : What tiny physical thing can annoy you like no other?

Last Answer : Having to pee every 15 minutes at night. Itchy all over.

Description : Does the human body favor drinking hot-warm drinks versus frozen-cold beverages?

Last Answer : I was told that it takes energy to cool down or warm up liquids that are consumed, and that drinks at body temperature are absorbed faster.

Description : Help me understand how Kobe Bryant's achilles surgery works?

Last Answer : answer:He tore his Achilles tendon; here's information about the injury, the surjery and the rehab. http://www.webmd.com/fitness-exercise/guide/achilles-tendon-injury Everything depends on the severity ... the complexity of the surgery. It will certainly be more vulnerable now than a normal tendon.

Description : If all of our cells die and new ones replace them, then why do we keep some scars for all our lives?

Last Answer : Scar tissue initially forms anywhere just to stop bleeding. For random reasons that tissue stays because well, it’s doing the job of being a protectant form of skin.

Description : [NSFMatureAdults] Have you smelled farts that smell like something specific?

Last Answer : No Wonka bars for mature adults? I had a fart that smelled like cabbages. Cabbages! Never again.

Description : During menstruation, is this normal?

Last Answer : Yes it is normal. All of it. Your hormones are wacky during this time and you can go from being totally happy and laughing one minute to crying the next.

Description : Why is it that every time your hands are dirty or occupied, that's when you get an itch?

Last Answer : And why in the hell did my other topic disappear and a new one has been added in it’s place?

Description : Are albino people similar to ginger people in some way?

Last Answer : Why is your question tagged as a race topic? Albinism has nothing to do with race - it is a congenital disorder that results in the absence of pigmentation. Ginger is a spice. I am opposed ... colour is determined by genetics (but is not a condition.) There is no link between the two whatsoever.

Description : What if our bodies were vehicles of smaller creatures?

Last Answer : They are. We carry all kinds of fauna inside of us.

Description : What's this trampoline effect called?

Last Answer : Maybe it’s because you feel lighter because of the springs and when you get off gravity takes back over. I’m not sure of the name. Sorry.

Description : If you could have a body double, would you do it, who would it be, and why?

Last Answer : Yeah, I have invented this new saying to go with my feeling I want to live under the radar Meaning escape from daily stuff, you know all that stuff. Phone calls, demands, people needing and wanting, I just wish I ... a hut in the woods. I don't even want a double, I just want to go live in my hut.

Description : Do black girls blush?

Last Answer : Yes, everyone is capable of blushing (barring any medical conditions that would prevent it). Depending on the complexion, it may be more difficult to see.

Description : For those of you who have seen the Body Worlds Exhibit, what made you decide to go see it in the first place?

Last Answer : My mom actually dragged me to it many years back, and I was fascinated. It was really strange thinking that all of these things used to be living, breathing human beings, but it didn't bother me in the ... wish was to be a part of his own exhibit. Not for me, but still interesting none the less.

Description : What makes people sneeze?

Last Answer : Looking at the sun, feathers, or lots of pepper. Dust or cat dander, things of that nature

Description : What are your thoughts on spontaneous human combustion ?

Last Answer : i think tha…BOOM!

Description : To look, or not to look. What do you do?

Last Answer : I know what you mean. I be seen it too and may even be guilty if doing it…I know I tend to use a tissue twice before binning it, so I’m a bit particular about folding it. That’s just me, no idea what other reasons there may be.

Description : Why does everyone sneeze differently?

Last Answer : Don’t know but I sneeze loud and I wish I didn’t.