We have been told, since time immemorial, that the liver was the biggest internal organ in the human body, making the skin the largest external one. Weighing about 8 pounds (3.6 kilograms) and covering 22 square feet (2 square meters) in some cases, the versatile skin has been considered the largest human organ.
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