A Tour of the Human Body: Amazing Numbers — Fantastic Facts

This picture book tours the human body from eyes to toes, explaining how it works through facts and numbers. It notes that hearts beat 100,000 times each day and that tongues have 8,000 taste buds able to detect five flavors. It also describes 60,000 miles of blood vessels, a distance greater than twice around the world. Informative illustrations accompany these examples of the body’s systems and scale.