How Big is the Skin?
It is a well known fact that the human skin is the largest organ. The question asked is how big is big. Well using google ti just takes a while to find out the answer.
The skin of an adult is about 2 meters square. Here are some of the facts from the site.
1) You’ve an enormous surface (~400 m2, with skin merely ~2 m2).
2) The surface area of adults is about 18,000 cm2 (men) or 16,000 cm2 (women).
3) “The surface area may be calculated by multiplying 0.007184 times the weight in kilograms raised to the 0.425 power and the height in centimeters raised to the 0.725 power.” [Assume a height of 5'8" (170 cm) and a mass of 150 lb (68 kg).]
4)”The skin is the largest organ in the body: 12-15% of body weight, with a surface area of 1-2 [square] meters.”
Here is the link to the site : http://hypertextbook.com/facts/2001/IgorFridman.shtml
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