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| Property | Organism | Value | Units | ID | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight of skin | Human Homo sapiens | 4.1 | kg | 100711 | http://faculty.washi... |
| Number of bacteria on skin | Human Homo sapiens | 1e+12 | unitless | 105712 | Berg RD. The indigenous... |
| Fraction of body surface covered by hairy skin | Human Homo sapiens | >90 | % | 112605 | Zimmerman A et al., The... |
| Water content in fresh, whole skin | Human Homo sapiens | during fetal life ~80%: in newborn ~68%: in adolescents and adults ~62% | % | 110308 | Snyder WS, Cook MJ, Nasset ES... |
| Diameter of A431NS skin cell | Human Homo sapiens | 15.5 | μm | 108887 | http://www.invitroge... |
| Surface Area of Human Skin | Human Homo sapiens | 1.6-1.8 link | m^2 | 100578 | The Physics Factbook™... |
| 'Skin' thickness of red blood cell | Mammals | 20 | nm | 101802 | Cell movements - from... |
| Number of free nerve endings in skin | Human Homo sapiens | 4e+6 | nerve endings | 101736 | Amazing numbers in biology... |
| Number of identified bacterial genera in the human skin | Human Homo sapiens | 205 | Unitless | 107944 | Grice EA et al., Top... |
| Number of skin cells (for total number of cells in body, 3e+13, see BNIDS 113005, 113006) | Human Homo sapiens | 1.1e+11 | cells | 101734 | Amazing numbers in biology... |
| Density of prokaryotes on the skin of humans | prokaryote | ~1,000 to 10,000: in groin and underarm 1,000,000 | cells/cm^2 | 108504 | William B. Whitman,*†... |
| Total number of prokaryotes on the skin of an individual | prokaryote | ~300,000,000 | Cells | 108505 | William B. Whitman,*†... |
| Representative cytochrome P450 (CYP) basal activities in skin microsomes of various mammalian species | Mammals | Table - link | N/A | 113601 | Oesch F, Fabian E, Guth K... |
| Percent of skin out of total body weight | Human Homo sapiens | 7.81 (Table - link) | % | 109580 | HH Mitchell et al., The... |
| Time for keratinocytes of the epidermis to differentiate and reach skin surface | Mammals | 14 | days | 111965 | Ovaere P, Lippens S,... |
| Number of identified bacterial phyla in the human skin | Human Homo sapiens | 19 | Unitless | 107943 | Grice EA et al., Top... |
| Turnover time of cell in entire epidermis (skin) | Human Homo sapiens | 26 to 27 | Days | 109215 | Weinstein GD, Van Scott... |
| Ratio between mass specific heart and skin metabolic rates | Human Homo sapiens | 108 (Table - link) | unitless | 105787 | Leslie C. Aiello and... |
| Ratio between mass specific brain and skin metabolic rates | Human Homo sapiens | 37 (Table - link) | unitless | 105788 | Leslie C. Aiello and... |
| Composition of the total skin of undernourished and rehabilitating pigs and their well nourished controls | Pig Sus species | Table - link | N/A | 109807 | Dickerson JW, Mccance... |