For example the palm surface area can be easily measured as and the ratio of palm surface area to body surface area is typically 1/200, which might also be written as 1:200, 0.005, or 0.5% [2] . The u...For example the palm surface area can be easily measured as and the ratio of palm surface area to body surface area is typically 1/200, which might also be written as 1:200, 0.005, or 0.5% [2] . The units of area will be length units squared, such as square meters (meters squared or m 2 ).