HISTOLOGY
INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM SKIN
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Question
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5-7%
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10-11%
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12-15%
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16-18%
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Detailed explanation-1: -Abstract. The skin is the body’s largest organ. It measures about 1.5-2 m2 in adults and weighs about 15 per cent of total body weight.
Detailed explanation-2: -Skin is the largest organ of our body. It accounts for 15% of an adult human’s total body weight.
Detailed explanation-3: -Skin accounts for about 15% of your body weight. The average adult has approximately 21 square feet of skin, which weighs 9 lbs and contains more than 11 miles of blood vessels. The average person has about 300 million skin cells. A single square inch of skin has about 19 million cells and up to 300 sweat glands.
Detailed explanation-4: -11.6 The Dermis Dermis, the structural foundation of skin, accounts for about 90 percent of its weight.