Monday 22 April 2019

physiology - What is the human energy consumption by organ?


The human brain uses about 25% of the human body's metabolic energy. How are the other 75% spent, in terms of portioning to its various systems?


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Answer



Percent of basal metabolic rate by organ (BC Campus Open Education):




  • Liver and spleen : 27%

  • Brain: 19%

  • Skeletal muscle: 18%

  • Kidneys: 10%

  • Heart: 7%

  • Other tissues (lungs, intestine, skin, bone, fat tissue, glands...): 19%


Basal metabolic rate by organ


Basal metabolic rate by 1 kg of specific organ tissue (kcal/kg of organ/day) (Table 5 from American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2010):




  • Heart: 440 kcal/kg

  • Kidneys: 440 kcal/kg

  • Brain: 240 kcal/kg

  • Liver: 200 kcal/kg

  • Skeletal muscle: 13 kcal/kg

  • Adipose tissue: 4.5 kcal/kg

  • Residual tissues (lungs, intestine, skin, bone...): 12 kcal/kg


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