"A piece of skin the size of a quarter contains more than three million
cells, 12 feet of nerves, 100 sweat glands, 50 nerve endings, and almost
three feet of blood vessels."
The Human Connection,
by Ashley Montagu and Floyd Matson
(McGraw-Hill, 1979)
"A piece of skin the size of a quarter contains more than three million
cells, 12 feet of nerves, 100 sweat glands, 50 nerve endings, and almost
three feet of blood vessels."