How much of the body is made up of bones?

Strong and light, the skeleton of the average person accounts for less than 20 percent of body weight.

Is there any bone in the body that does not connect with other bones? The hyoid bone resides by itself in the throat and…
How much skin covers the human body? The average body has 14 to 18 square feet of…
How much of the average body is muscle? Most men's bodies are composed of about 40 percent muscle.…
How much is the human body worth? Newspaper columnists and others have claimed that the body's chemical…
How much of your body's heat do you lose by not covering your head in the cold? Your mother was right. You lose about half to three-fourths…
What happens when a part of our body "falls asleep"? The sensation, called neurapraxia, usually occurs when a nerve is…