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 sleepingAlterations of Hormonal Regulation — Pathophysiology: The Biologic Basis for Disease in Adults and Children▶ 36:10Now let's travel down into the body to the target glands themselves, starting with section 5, alterations of thyroid functionThe thyroid gland, situated in the anterior neck, regulates the body's basal metabolic rate via the secretion of thyroxine T4 and triodothyronine…And when analyzing thyroid dysfunction, the absolute first clinical step is differentiating between primary disease and central or secondary disease