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How much a human head weighs?

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An adult human cadaver head cut off around vertebra C3, with no hair, weighs on average somewhere between 4.5 and 5 kg, typically constituting around 8% of the body mass.

An adult human head weighs approximately between 8 and 12 pounds. Verify on medical websites.

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The human head weighs five pounds, havn't you ever seem Jerry Mc'Guire (its a movie)

First off if you have seen Jerry Mc'Guire (yeah the movie) you'd know the kid, ray, says it weighs 8 pounds

Actually the typical human head weights approximately five kilograms, not five pounds.

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It differs slightly from person to person, but the average adult head weighs 10 lbs.

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Depending on how big it is, it can weight from 5 pounds (small head) to 10 pounds (big head).

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20% of your full body weght

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4 to 5 kilograms

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10 to 15 pounds

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