| Range |
Table - link
|
| Organism |
Human Homo sapiens |
| Reference |
Irving PH. 2007. The physics of the human body: a physical view of
physiology biological and medical physics, biomedical engineering.
New York: Springer. p.340 table 6.17 |
| Primary Source |
J.R. Cameron, J.G Skofronick, R. Grant: Physics of the Body, 2nd edn (Medical Physics, Madison, WI 1999) |
| Comments |
"The functioning of several organs contributes to this BMR in a resting
person, as is seen from Table 6.17. Three-fourths of the metabolic activity
takes place in organs with a total mass of 5 kg, which is ~8% of the total
body mass." |
| Entered by |
Uri M |
| ID |
109725 |