skin or liver? i'm confused!
2006-08-20 21:57:56 · 18 answers · asked by namesake 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
Your skin is your largest organ. It covers your entire body and has a surface area of around 2 square metres. Its thickness varies from 0.5mm on your eyelids to 4mm or more on the palms of your hands and the soles of your feet. In total, it accounts for around 16 percent of your body weight.
Your skin consists of two main layers: the outer epidermis and the inner dermis.
Cells in the deepest layer of your epidermis divide constantly to make new cells. The new cells are pushed towards the surface of your skin. They eventually die and become filled with keratin, an exceptionally tough protein. Keratin provides your body with a durable overcoat, which protects deeper cells from damage, infection and drying out.
Cells on the surface of your skin rub and flake off steadily and are continuously replaced with new ones. About every 30 days, your body produces a totally new epidermis.
Your inner dermis consists of strong collagen and elastic fibres pierced by blood vessels. It also contains touch, pressure and pain sensors and is packed with hair follicles, sweat and oil glands. The oil glands produce a lubricant that keeps your skin soft and prevents your hair from becoming brittle
2006-08-20 22:04:27 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Skin
2006-08-21 06:42:42 · answer #2 · answered by smile 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Skin
2006-08-20 22:03:04 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Humans Biggest Organ
2017-01-18 13:19:21 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
liver actually it is brain. I have just found out The Liver is the largest internal organ weighing 3.5lb.
But the skin is the largest organ weighing in at 16% of your body weight. i did have the websites but i wrote them out wrong.
Brain is the most complex organ in your body
2006-08-20 22:02:49 · answer #5 · answered by jules 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The skin.
2006-08-20 22:24:56 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The skin.
2006-08-20 22:02:45 · answer #7 · answered by living_withoutlife 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The skin, because it encompases all the formal properties of an organ, and because it covers the entire body
2006-08-21 04:13:31 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Brain and the tongue are the largest internal organs i think and skin is the largest external organ.
2006-08-20 22:38:21 · answer #9 · answered by leedeedi 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
the skin
2006-08-20 22:03:32 · answer #10 · answered by ladybugewa 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋