what is your brain mostly made of?

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what is your brain mostly made of?

we got in an argument over what your brain is mostly made of i say fat and they say protein what is it?

2007-11-21 09:15:03 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology

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Water. ;)

"The first problem is that the makeup of the brain is 60% fat due to the myelin (which itself is 70% fat) insulating the axons of neurons and glia."

Per Wikipedia per Google.. But of course this will only be speaking about the solids part..

2007-11-21 09:24:30 · answer #1 · answered by Alan K 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋

Protein.

2007-11-21 17:26:08 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋

Mostly fat and protein.

2007-11-21 17:44:51 · answer #3 · answered by WarLabRat 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋

water

2007-11-21 17:24:51 · answer #4 · answered by bMelanco 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋