Basal Metabolic RATE
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Temperature Regulation and Thermal Adaptations — Animal Physiology: From Genes to Organisms▶ 4:48It's the absolute minimum energy needed to keep the lights on, basically, when an animal is awake but resting under optimal non…For endotherms, like us mammals and birds, we call it BMR, basal metabolic rateAnd it's measured when we're in our thermal neutral zone, that comfortable temperature range where we don't need to spend extra energy…Cellular Bioenergetics: Adenosine Triphosphate and O2 — Marks' Basic Medical Biochemistry: A Clinical Approach▶ 5:08This constant pumping maintains crucial cellular balance, it sets up electrical gradients needed for nerve impulses, and it even helps control cell…And what's really remarkable is that this act of transport alone accounts for a huge of your basal metabolic rate, your BMRSo even when I'm just sitting here or sleepingThe Endocrine System — Medical-Surgical Nursing: Concepts and Practice▶ 17:01I mean, we call them the metabolic engines for a reasonT3 and T4 dictate the basal metabolic rate of almost every single cell in the bodyThey activate the cellular machinery responsible for heat production, a process called thermogenesis