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What are the four big elements of the living body?


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Elements of the living body:

  1. The living body's four primary elements are oxygen, carbon, hydrogen, and nitrogen.
  2. It makes up more than 99 percent of the bulk of most cells.
  3. Because oxygen, carbon, hydrogen, and nitrogen are all light elements, the bonds they form are the strongest covalent bonds.
  4. Carbon accounts for more than half of all dry matter.
  5. Furthermore, the human body is composed of 65 percent oxygen, 18.5 percent carbon, 0.5 percent hydrogen, and 3.3 percent nitrogen.
  6. Other elements discovered are found in smaller concentrations.

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