Is the electric field in the human body zero?

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According to Gauss, a closed conducting body will distribute the charge to the surface. Since the human body is a conductor does that mean the electric field in our body is zero? :cool:
 
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What makes you think the human body is a conductor??
 
Is a lot like a bag of salty water.

Yes, there is no net electric field. There are lots of local chemical potentials though. Nerve impulses etc.
 
Hmm, okay, I guess I can believe it. At one point I knew some biology... not anymore.
 

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