• Question: Whats the largest organ in your body

    Asked by ellenamber to Andrew, Ben, Heather, Louisa on 23 Jun 2010 in Categories: .
    • Photo: Louisa Chard

      Louisa Chard answered on 23 Jun 2010:

      It’s the skin, which is classified as an organ. Internally it’s the liver.

    • Photo: Heather McKee

      Heather McKee answered on 23 Jun 2010:

      skin is the largest organ in the body
      This applies to exterior surface, as it covers the body, which makes it 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 (8-10.8 sq.ft.). Crazy isnt it!!

      see this link for more info!!
      http://web.jjay.cuny.edu/~acarpi/NSC/14-anatomy.htm

    • Photo: Andrew McKinley

      Andrew McKinley answered on 23 Jun 2010:

      That would be the Liver, having a mass of around 1.5kg. It depends if you call the skin an organ – the skin weighs around 2.5kg I think? the biologists will be better able to answer!

    • Photo: Ben Still

      Ben Still answered on 23 Jun 2010:

      The largest organ is the skin, it is classed as a single organ.

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