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Is it true that skin of the human body accounts for 16 percent of the weight?
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Guess it would depend on what the person weighed but both of the following answers say it is under this.
The human skin is the body's largest organ. The skin of an average adult weighs 8-10 pounds and averages an area of about 22 square feet.
http://www.infoplease.com/askeds/weight-human-skin.html
"The skin is the largest organ in the body: 12-15% of body weight, with a surface area of 1-2 [square] meters."
http://hypertextbook.com/facts/2001/IgorFridman.shtml
Mar 10 2009, 2:44 PM
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