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SKELETON / CHASSIS

There are two main parts to break away. The
possible outcomes for any skeletons of creatures and
system receiving impacts. the chassis of the car have
It will either cause a dent or been designed to minimise
cause some the impacts on the bodies.
However, the chassis lacks
the ability of bones to
repair themselves.

EYE / CAMERA THE EAR / HI-FI STEREO
The minute hairs in the inner
The retina of the eye is the most ear of a human convert sounds
light-sensitive among all known into electric signals just as do
substances. Various types of a microphone. The ear can
sensor cells have been only sense sounds between
arranged in the best position to the frequencies of 20-20,000
capture the view within the light intensity outside. Hz. This spectrum is ideal for
visual field. In addition, the eye Therefore, the eye is infinitely humans. If the human were to
automatically adjusts focus and superior to all cameras. have a larger spectrum, we
exposure, depending on the
would hear sounds from the
footsteps of an ant to high
frequency sound waves in the
atmosphere. This situation
would not have been
comfortable for humans at all,
due to the presence of a
continuous noise.
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HEART / PUMP SYSTEM

The heart starts beating in the (6.5 litres) of blood daily. In a
mother’s womb and continuously lifetime, the heart pumps enough
beats at a rate varying between 70- blood to fill 500 swimming pools
200 without rest for a whole each of a capacity of 300 cubic
lifetime. During each beat, it can metres. Artificial pumps could
rest up to half a second. It beats never work so long without major
about 10,000 times a day. The repairs.
heart of a 132 pound (60 kilogram)
human pumps about 1.7 gallons
KIDNEYS / REFINERY SYSTEMS

The human kidneys filtering their lifespan is
units about 37 gallons (140 considerably less.
litres) of blood everyday, Furthermore, the chemical
through one million small composition of the
filtering units called substances they filter are
nephrons, and that much less complicated in
continues for about eighty comparison to blood. A
years without rest. Refinery kidney is far more complex
pants designed for and efficient than any
industrial wastes can hold refinery plant.
much greater quantities, but