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Phoenix [80]
3 years ago
7

The largest organ of the human body is the skin. The total external skin area of the average human covers an area of approximate

ly 2.0 meters squared. If you were asked to compute the approximate skin area, how would you go about it?
Biology
1 answer:
masha68 [24]3 years ago
3 0

Answer:

Body\ surface\ area=\sqrt {\frac {Weight\times Height}{3600}}

Explanation:

Skin covers all the body surfaces. The purpose of the skin is protect the body against infection, injury, heat or cold and also to store water and vitamins.

Body surface area is  measure of surface area of the human body. It is measured in m^2.

<u>There are many ways to measure the skin surface area of the body but the formula which is widely used is Mosteller formula, which is:</u>

Body\ surface\ area=\sqrt {\frac {Weight\times Height}{3600}}

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