So intricate is the human body that only a small number of professional human anatomists, after years of patient observation, are complete masters of all its details.

magazine: There are 50 trillion cells in the human body, 206 bones, 32 teeth, and more than five and a half litres of blood. Read article

word game: Match the names of parts of the eye, face and rest of the body to pictures of these. Play game

story: It is the 22nd century and the world is very different. With new technologies, people can have the bodies that they want. Read story

cartoon: "Why can finger nails never be more than eleven inches long?" See cartoon

trivia: Things: The appendix, tailbone (coccyx), wisdom teeth, paranasal sinuses, body hair, extrinsic ear muscles, third eyelid and male nipples are among those parts of our bodies that serve no apparent function. See more parts of the body trivia

science: cubed. Artificial breathing: A prosthetic lung mimicking our natural lungs could save lives. Read story

science: cubed. Cell printout: Creating viable cell structures from living tissue. Read story

science: cubed. Heart of hope: Growing replacement heart valve tissue from stem cells gives hope to heart patients. Read story

science: cubed. Mind reader: brain scanning technique maps brain signals to predict our intentions. Read story

science: cubed. Nose for trouble: New electronic nose sniffs out more smells than ever. Read story

science: cubed. Plastic blood: Providing a possible solution to the global problem of blood shortages. Read story

science: cubed. Rhythm of life: Measuring the ‘heartbeat’ of living cells offers a safer approach to drug testing. Read story

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