Most of the human body is made up of water, H2O, with cells consisting of 65-90% water by weight. Therefore, it isn't surprising that most of a human body's mass is oxygen. Carbon, the basic unit for organic molecules, comes in second. 99% of the mass of the human body is made up of just six elements: oxygen, carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, calcium, and phosphorus.
- Oxygen (61%)
- Carbon (23%)
- Hydrogen (10%)
- Nitrogen (2.6%)
- Calcium (1.4%)
- Phosphorus (1.1%)
- Potassium (0.20%)
- Sulfur (0.20%)
- Sodium (0.14%)
- Magnesium (0.027%)
- Copper, Zinc, Selenium, Molybdenum, Fluorine, Chlorine, Iodine, Manganese, Cobalt, Iron (0.70%)
- Lithium, Strontium, Aluminum, Silicon, Lead, Vanadium, Arsenic, Bromine (trace amounts)
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