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Your heart beats over 36 million times a year.
Egg cells are about the size of a grain of sand. They are formed inside of a female's ovaries before she is even born.
By definition, when a medication is administered intravenously, its bioavailability is 100%.
More than 2,500 barbiturates have been synthesized. At the height of their popularity, about 50 were marketed for human use.
Anesthesia awareness is a potentially disturbing adverse effect wherein patients who have been paralyzed with muscle relaxants may awaken. They may be aware of their surroundings but unable to communicate or move. Neurologic monitoring equipment that helps to more closely check the patient's anesthesia stages is now available to avoid the occurrence of anesthesia awareness.