2006-10-05 00:45:03 · 15 answers · asked by mE_MiKaeL 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Medicine
The skin is often known as "the largest organ of the human body". This applies to exterior surface, as it covers the body, appearing to have the largest surface area of all the organs. Moreover, it applies to weight, as it weighs more than any single internal organ, accounting for about 15 percent of body weight. For the average adult human, the skin has a surface area of between 1.5-2.0 square meters, most of it is between 2-3 mm thick. The average square inch of skin holds 650 sweat glands, 20 blood vessels, 60,000 melanocytes, and more than a thousand nerve endings
2006-10-05 02:32:49 · answer #1 · answered by gangadharan nair 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The largest organ OF our body, as correctly identified above is the skin. The largest organ contained WITHIN our body is the liver, at about 4-5 pounds. Next heaviest would be the brain at about 2-3 pounds, then lungs, then heart, then lastly, the spleen and each kidney usually weigh about the same. Much smaller than any of those would be the pancreas and adrenal glands, which typically are not weighed at autopsy unless they are abnormally large.
In infants, the brain achieves its size much before the liver, so in infants the brain would be largest after skin.
2006-10-05 09:36:12 · answer #2 · answered by finaldx 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you count the skin as an organ then it is the largest organ in the body.
There are a lot of people who class it as more of a barrier than an organ (and I sit on the fence on this one, haven't made up my mind yet).
If you take organ in the conventional sense of the word then the liver the the biggest organ in the body.
2006-10-05 08:06:22 · answer #3 · answered by scaryclairy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If we take skin as a organ it is the largest organ.
But if we don't Liver is the largest.
2006-10-05 12:34:45 · answer #4 · answered by Ramesh 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Our skin is considered an organ; therefore, the largest.
2006-10-05 15:28:50 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I dont know why this is the right answer, but it is .
The skin in the biggest organ of the human body
2006-10-05 07:48:29 · answer #6 · answered by masteroflisa 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the largest organ in your body is your skin it covers your whole body and fight disease by keeping them out and it keep our organ is our body
2006-10-05 14:50:19 · answer #7 · answered by Tiffany R 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The skin as it has a very large surface area, followely closely by the brain.
2006-10-05 07:54:21 · answer #8 · answered by MrSandman 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Skin. And what makes up most of the dust on the planet? Skin.
2006-10-05 08:45:51 · answer #9 · answered by Boo 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
skin
2006-10-05 15:48:05 · answer #10 · answered by that girl 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋