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How many cells are in the human body?

Depending on the source, that figure varies from 50 to 75 trillion cells.

Sources: Asimov, Isaac. The Human Body, New rev. ed., p. 79; New Encyclopaedia Britannica, vol. 6, p. 134; Van Amerogen, C. The Way Things Work Book of the Body, p. 13.

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