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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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 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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