Energy balance and thermal physiology

Question 1

BMR

Answer 1

Basil metabolic rate - amount of energy expended while at rest in a neutrally temperate environment, in the post-absorptive state (meaning that the digestive system is inactive, which requires about twelve hours of fasting)

Question 2

RMR

Answer 2

Resting metabolic rate - energy required by your body to perform the most basic functions when your body is at rest (simpler)

Question 3

Kleiber’s law

Answer 3

for the vast majority of animals, an animal’s metabolic rate scales to the ¾ power of the animal’s mass

Question 4

Respiratory Quotient =

Answer 4

rate of CO2 production/rate of O2 consumption