2006-09-22 09:03:12 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
ok...so you are saying that when I weighed 185lbs my sceleton weighed more than it does now? I weigh 145 now? I had no idea that your bone gain a lose weight.
2006-09-22 09:21:42 · update #1
skeleton and bones...(ms)
2006-09-22 09:24:02 · update #2
Your point about weight gain and loss is well taken. But you must remember that the 14% guideline proceeds from the assumption of averages. It's relatively accurate, too – for both living males and females. A skeleton that has been bleaching in the desert sun for two years weighs less than it did when it was part of a living organism. The fellow who weighed over 1,000 pounds surely did not have a skeleton that weighed over 140 pounds. The 14% guideline can be used with a normal weight/height chart for humans and yield relatively accurate results, but it does not allow for dramatic weight variations or missing limbs, and so on. As with all things, anomalies won't fit into a formula – this includes people with inordinately large, strong bones, and people with slight, frail bones. It also doesn't work for very old people who suffer from certain bone disorders.
2006-09-22 22:35:26 · answer #1 · answered by ericscribener 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The human skeleton weighs about 14% of the total body mass.
There for a 180 pound human's skeleton will be 25 lb (180 * 0.14)
2006-09-22 09:15:18 · answer #2 · answered by Tawani 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The average human adult skeleton consists of 206 bones.. An average human skull weighs 2.2 pounds (lbs.) Bones are very light .The skeleton weighs less than 20 pounds.
2006-09-27 07:50:52 · answer #3 · answered by VelvetRose 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
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In an adult, the skeleton comprises around 20% of the total body weight. The average weight of an adult is approx. 75.3 kg so in an adult the skeleton comprises around 15 kg or 26 pounds. This weight of course varies depending on height, sex, and body weight.
2016-04-05 05:12:45 · answer #4 · answered by Elizabeth 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The skeleton weighs 14% of the total body weight
2006-09-22 09:13:29 · answer #5 · answered by pink_0rkid 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Just a minute slim, I`ll check the one I dugup last nite. Yep ! I say about 7.9 lbs. The biggest one weighs 12.3, the smallest weighs .3 lbs.
2016-03-18 00:06:29 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was here on Y Answers for something unrelated, but this topic was shown on the sidebar...
2016-08-23 07:22:35 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
aww mann..now I will never get down to my birth weight..
2015-07-13 07:15:11 · answer #8 · answered by Ramon 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
150 lbs.
2015-04-24 11:17:39 · answer #9 · answered by Wayne 1 · 0⤊ 4⤋
I was curious about this as well
2016-08-08 15:39:18 · answer #10 · answered by Winifred 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋