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Re: human cells in the index finger
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Beryl Rosenthal <[log in to unmask]>
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Was this a bar bet?
Beryl
On Dec 9, 2010, at 12:52 PM, Richard O Brown wrote:

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> For just a rough order-of-magnitude guesstimate, I'd start with 100 billion
> human cells in a finger, plus 1 trillion bacteria.
> 
> (100 trillion human cells in the whole body, a finger is 1/1000 of the body,
> and bacteria outnumber human cells 10:1).
> 
> On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 9:32 AM, Paul Siboroski <[log in to unmask]>wrote:
> 
>> ISEN-ASTC-L is a service of the Association of Science-Technology Centers
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>> An impossible questions I know but any way to guesstimate the number of
>> human cells in an adult index finger (or any finger for that matter)? Or
>> someone I could ask?
>> 
>> Thanks!
>> 
>> Paul M Siboroski
>> Exhibits Director
>> Reuben H. Fleet Science Center
>> San Diego California
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Beryl Rosenthal, PhD
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