What percentage of the body's mass is an arm and a leg?

Subject: What percentage of the body's mass is an arm and a leg?

Date: Thu Nov 17 21:01:00 2005
Posted by Bob
Grade level: grad (non-science) School: Somax Sports
City: Tiburon State/Province: ca Country: usa
Area of science: Anatomy
ID: 1132286460.An

Message:


I am interested in calculating the relative amount of force generated by moving
an arm or a leg, so I would like to know what percentage of the body's mass is
one arm or one leg.

Re: What percentage of the body's mass is an arm and a leg?

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