The Human Body
Blood makes up roughly what percent of the average adult's total body weight?
Answer
8 percent
For a 75 kg person that's about 6 kg of blood. Roughly a quarter of it is in your liver and digestive organs at any given moment — which is partly why a big meal makes you sleepy.
Source: American Society of Hematology
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