FUN FACT) The skin is the largest organ in the human body,
covering about twenty square feet in an adult male. It also constantly regenerates; a person sheds around forty pounds of skin in his lifetime.

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trancenova · Answer

Cool! I wonder how much it weighs... hmmm..

anonymous · Answer

8-10 pounds

trancenova · Answer

Wow, that's pretty heavy really.. half a pound (226g) per square foot

anonymous · Answer

Interesting...

blues · Answer

Weight is due to high water content in cells, perhaps. Though you'd almost expect those epidermal cells to be just mats of dried up keratin linked by tight junctions. Neat! :D

anonymous · Answer

Depending on your definition of "organ", fat is actually the largest "organ" in human bodies. A woman with a BMI over 35 is more than 50% fat by weight. And fat is not a static storage tissue, it's an important source of hormones and a key regulator of blood glucose levels, and energy balance.