1) Strongest and Longest Bone in the body – FEMUR
2) Smallest Bone in the body – STAPES
3) Largest Sesamoid bone in the body – PATELLA
4) Total Number of Bones in our body – 206
5) Longest Muscle in the body – SARTORIUS
6) Smallest Muscle in the body – STAPEDIUS. (In ear)
7) Biggest Muscle in the body – GLUTEUS MAXIMUS
8) Total Number of Muscles in our body – 639 (+1)
9) Muscle called as Peripheral Heart – SOLEUS
10) Rudimentary Muscle having small belly and long tendon and used for Tendo plasty – PLANTARIS
11) Hardest Substance in the body – ENAMEL. (Teeth).
12) Strongest Ligament in the body – ILIOFEMORAL LIGAMENT
13) Strongest Tendon in the body – TENDOCALCANEUS OR TENDO ACHILLIS
14) Largest and Most Complex Joint of the body – KNEE JOINT
15) Largest Internal Organ in the body – LIVER
16) Biggest Organ in the body – SKIN
17) First Organ of the Body to start functioning – HEART
18) The largest Cell in the body – OVUM
19) Organs in our body having upper and lower poles – OVERY, TESTIS, AND TONSILLS
20) Organs in our Body having greater width than the length – CAECUM AND PROSTATE
21) Master of Endocrine Gland – PITUTARY GLAND
22) Largest Gland in the body – LIVER
23) Largest Artery in the body – AORTA
24) Largest Vein in the body – VENACAVA
25) Musician’s Nerve – ULNAR NERVE
26) Labourer’s Nerve – MEDIAN NERVE
27) The Smallest (slender) Cranial nerve in the body –TROCHLEAR
28) The largest Cranial Nerve in the body –TRIGEMINAL
29) Thickest Nerve in the body – SCIATIC NERVE
30) Largest Parasympathetic Peripheral Ganglion – PTERYGOPALATINE GANGLION. (SPHENOPALATINE GANGLION)
31) Largest Lymphatic Vessel in the body – THORACIC DỤCT
32) Lymphatic Organs in the body – THYMUS AND SPLEEN
33) Commonly used Donor Nerve in Nerve grafting is – SURAL NERVE
34) Longest Cranial Nerve in the body is – VAGUS NERVE
35) Largest Sympathetic Ganglion is- COELIAC
Dr. Jineshwar Annasaheb Yaligouda M.D. (Hom.)
Professor & H.O.D Department of Human Anatomy, Gulabrao Patil Homoeopathic Medical College & Hospital, Miraj.Maharashtra State. India. 416410
