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How many: the human body

8 the human body counts.

Question Answer
How many bones are in the human body? 206 in an adult — about 300 at birth
How many cells are in the human body? about 30 trillion human cells, plus 38 trillion bacteria
How many neurons are in the human brain? about 86 billion
How many muscles are in the human body? about 600 skeletal muscles
How many hairs are on your head? about 100,000
How many taste buds do you have? about 2,000 to 8,000
How long are all your blood vessels? commonly quoted as 100,000 km — but probably closer to 20,000
How many base pairs are in human DNA? about 3.1 billion per copy — 6.2 billion in most cells