Densities of Different Body Matter
Averaged values gathered from multiple sources on the web
Sources with values cited below
| Type | Avg Density Value (g/ml) |
| Blood | 1.0428 g/cm3 |
| Bone | 1.7500 g/cm3 |
| Fat | 0.9094 g/cm3 |
| Muscle | 1.0599 g/cm3 |
Blood Density
1.0 gm/cc - "Accurate and Easy Bodyfat Determination", http://mb-soft.com/public2/bodyfat.html, Oct 2010.
1060 kg/m3 - Cutnell, John & Johnson, Kenneth. Physics, Fourth Edition. Wiley, 1998: 308. from The Physics Factbook™, Edited by Glenn Elert -- Written by his students, An educational, Fair Use website, http://hypertextbook.com/facts/2004/MichaelShmukler.shtml
1061 kg/m3 - "Blood." Funk and Wagnalls Encyclopedia. 1985: 157. from The Physics Factbook™, Edited by Glenn Elert -- Written by his students, An educational, Fair Use website, http://hypertextbook.com/facts/2004/MichaelShmukler.shtml
1050 kg/m3 - Hinghofer-Szalkay, H.G. and Greenleaf, J.E. Continuous monitoring of blood volume changes in humans. Journal of Applied Physiology. Vol. 63 (1987): 1003-7. from The Physics Factbook™, Edited by Glenn Elert -- Written by his students, An educational, Fair Use website, http://hypertextbook.com/facts/2004/MichaelShmukler.shtml
ρblood, avg = 1.04275 g/cm3
Bone Density
1500 kg/m3 - Wikipedia, Oct 2010.
1.85 g/cm3 - "A new device for measuring density of jaw bones", J. Yang, R. Chiou, A. Ruprecht, J. Vicario, L. A. MacPhail and T. E. Rams, Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Pathology, Medicine, and Surgery, Temple University School of Dentistry, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19140, USA. jyang@dental.temple.edu
1900 kg/m3 - "Density of Bone", The Physics Factbook™, Edited by Glenn Elert -- Written by his students, An educational, Fair Use website, Oct 2010, they got their value from the source: Cameron, John R.; James G. Skofronick & Roderick M. Grant. Physics of the Body. Second Edition. Madison, WI: Medical Physics Publishing, 1999: 96., quote: "The density of compact bone is surprisingly constant through out life at about 1900 kg/m3"
ρbone, avg = 1.75 g/cm3
Fat Density
0.9 g/ml - Google Answers, "Q: Muscle Density vs. Fat Density", http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview/id/576481.html, Oct 2010. and their source was: The density of adipose tissue (fat) is about 0.9 g/ml, "...by multiplying the density of adipose tissue (0.9196 g/ml)", Source: Association of adiponectin and resistin with adipose tissue compartments, insulin resistance and dyslipidaemia, M. S. Farvid1, T. W. K. Ng2, D. C. Chan2, P. H. R. Barrett2 and G. F. Watts2*, http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1463-1326.2004.00410.x
0.9 g/ml - Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adipose_tissue, Oct 2010.
0.918 gm/cc - "Accurate and Easy Bodyfat Determination", http://mb-soft.com/public2/bodyfat.html, Oct 2010.
0.9196 kg/liter - Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muscle, Oct 2010.
ρfat, avg = 0.9094 g/cm3
Muscle Density
1.06 g/ml - Google Answers, "Q: Muscle Density vs. Fat Density", http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview/id/576481.html, Oct 2010. and their source was: Source for quote: The Journals of Gerontology Series A: Biological, Sciences and Medical Sciences 56:B191-B197 (2001), Specific Force Deficit in Skeletal Muscles of Old Rats Is Partially, Explained by the Existence of Denervated Muscle Fibers, Melanie G. Urbancheka, Elisa B. Pickenb, Loree K. Kalliainenc and, William M. Kuzon, Jr.a,d, http://biomed.gerontologyjournals.org/cgi/content/full/56/5/B191#R23
1.06 g/ml - Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adipose_tissue, Oct 2010.
1.06 kg/liter - Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muscle, Oct 2010.
1.0597 g/cm3 - "Density and hydration of fresh and fixed human skeletal muscle", Samuel R. Ward, Richard L. LieberCorresponding Author Information, Accepted 6 October 2004. published online 04 January 2005.http://www.jbiomech.com/article/S0021-9290%2804%2900507-X/abstract
ρmuscle, avg = 1.059925 g/cm3