Description : What is a good resting metabolic rate?
Last Answer : A good resting metabolic rate (or BMR) depends on a couple factors such as your gender and weight. There is one simple equation used by many to figure out an acceptable metabolic rate. The equations vary depending on gender. Listed below ... 9.5 X wt in kg) + (1.9 X ht in cm) - (4.7 X age in years)
Description : What is the Resting Metabolic Rate?
Last Answer : Your resting metabolic rate is the rate in that your heart beats per minute while you are resting. Normally if you are super fit you should have a resting metabolic rate of right around 60 beats per minute.
Description : The electrophysiological effects of digitalis on Purkinje fibres include the following except: A. Enhancement of resting membrane potential B. Decrease in the slope of phase-0 depolarization C. Increase in the rate of phase-4 depolarization D. Abbreviation of action potential duration
Last Answer : A. Enhancement of resting membrane potential
Description : Answer: b Metabolic response to injury results in increased energy expenditure. If energy intake is less than expenditure, oxidation of body fat stores and erosion of lean body mass will occur ... requirements, caloric requirements should be distributed at a ratio of 70% as glucose and 30% as fat
Last Answer : Which of the following statement(s) is/are true concerning body fuel reserves? a. The largest fuel reserve in the body is skeletal muscle b. Fat provides about 9 calories/gram c. Free glucose and glycogen stores are a trivial fuel reserve d. Body protein is a valuable storage form of energy
Description : The ultimate consolidation settlement of a structure resting on a soil (A) Decreases with the increase in the initial voids ratio (B) Decreases with the decrease in the plastic limit (C) Increases ... increase in the initial voids ratio (D) Increases with the decrease in the porosity of the soil
Last Answer : Answer: Option A
Description : A health disorder that results from the deficiency of thyroxine in adults and characterised by (i) a low metabolic rate, (ii) increase in body weight and (iii) tendency to retain water in tissues is (a) simple goitre (b) myxoedema (c) cretinism (d) hypothyroidism.
Last Answer : (b) myxoedema
Description : Which of the following statements(s) is/are true concerning human energy requirement? a. In normal subjects, less than 5% of basal energy requirement is spent on cardiac output and the ... d. Similar increases in energy expenditures are associated with elective surgery and trauma or thermal injury
Last Answer : Answer: a, c Basal energy requirements are measured with the subject at rest when no external work is being done; the energy is used mainly for transport and synthetic work within cells. A ... average-sized adult who sustains a major burn rarely may require more than 3500 kcal/day for maintenance
Description : A health disorder that results from the deficiency of thyroxine in adults and is characterized by (i) a low metabolic rate, (ii) increase in body weig
Last Answer : A health disorder that results from the deficiency of thyroxine in adults and is characterized by ( ... B. Myxedema C. Simple goiter D. Hypothyroidism
Description : Sepsis causes a marked metabolic response. Which of the following statement(s) is/are true concerning the metabolic response to sepsis? a. Oxygen consumption is increased in the face of infection ... d. The extent of increase in oxygen consumption relates to the severity of the infection
Last Answer : Answer: a, c, d Oxygen consumption is usually elevated in the infected patient. The extent of this increase is related to the severity of the infection, with peak elevations reaching 50% ... suggest that the metabolic rate increases 10% to 13% for each elevation of 1°C in central temperature
Description : Organic molecules that increase the rate of metabolic reactions with themselveschangingareknown as A- coenzymes B- enzymes C- substrates D- .reactants
Last Answer : enzymes
Description : It is much easier for a small animal to run uphill than for a large animal, because (a) small animals have a lower O2 requirement (b) the efficiency of muscles in large animals is less than in the ... (c) it is easier to carry a small body weight (d) smaller animals have a higher metabolic rate.
Last Answer : (d) smaller animals have a higher metabolic rate.
Description : 7 WAYS TO BOOST YOUR METABOLIC RATE AND LOSE WEIGHT
Last Answer : Being fit and healthy isn't just about six-pack abs or buns of steel. It means losing fat and staying lean, not losing weight and staying thin. The safest path towards physical fitness is through your ... so you could add a little more pizzazz to your daily experiences and get the most out of life.
Description : For a given ambient air temperature with increase in the thickness of insulation of a hot cylindrical pipe, the rate of heat loss from the surface would (A) Decrease (B) Increase (C) First decrease and then increase (D) First increase and then decrease
Last Answer : (D) First increase and then decrease
Description : Which of the following complications of TPN are appropriately managed with the listed treatment? a. Air embolism-place patient in reverse Trendelenburg and the left lateral decubitus position ... dioxide retention-decrease glucose calories and replace with fat d. Line sepsis-intravenous antibiotics
Last Answer : Answer: b, c A number of complications of TPN can occur which can be divided into three types: mechanical, metabolic, and infectious
Description : Consider the following statements: 1. When a nerve fibre is stimulated, a profound change is produced in the electrical properties of surface membrane and in steady potential. 2. Upon excitation, the resting potentialis suddenly changed. 3. It is due ... 1, 2, 3 (b) 2, 3 (c) 1, 2, 3, 4 (d) 1, 2, 4
Last Answer : Ans:(d)
Description : A body of weight W is resting at a plane inclined at 30? to the horizontal. It is attached to a string making an angle of 60? with horizontal. If the angle of friction be 30? the tension in the string would be a.Zero b.W c.W/2 d.2W e.None of the above
Last Answer : c. W/2
Description : What resting heart rate is considered normal vs. worrisome?
Last Answer : 54 beats is not at all worrisome. “72” is considered “normal”. If her resting rate was 80 or above, coupled with the elevated blood pressure, a doctor would be concerned. That is a bit overweight, but if the weight comes down the BP probably will too.
Description : What is the best time to take a resting heart rate?
Last Answer : The best time to find your resting heart rate is in the morning after a good night's sleep and before you get out of bed.
Description : Is it good if your resting heart rate lowers?
Last Answer : Generally a low resting heart rate indicates more efficient heart function and greater cardiovascular health and research has connected a higher resting HR with a high risk of cardiac events like stroke and heart disease.
Description : A block of mass 2 kg is resting on a frictionless plane. It is struck by a jet releasing water at a rate of 1 kg/s with speed 5 m/s. The initial accel
Last Answer : A block of mass 2 kg is resting on a frictionless plane. It is struck by a jet releasing water at a rate of 1 kg/s ... `10 m//s^(2)` D. `15 m//s^(2)`
Description : What is a good resting heart rate for 47 year old female?
Last Answer : Resting heart rate in humans should be around 70
Description : When is the ideal time to tak a resting heart rate?
Last Answer : What is the answer ?
Description : What is a considered a normal healthy heart rate when resting and when exercising?
Last Answer : Generally, a normal heart rate for a average adult while resting is 60 to 100 beats per minute. It also depends on if you have any diseases and birth defects.
Description : The antianginal effect of propranolol may be attributed to which one of the following (a) Block of exercise – induced tachycardia (b) Decreased end – diastolic ventricular volume (c) Dilation of consticted coronary vessels (d) Increased cardiac force (e) Increased resting heart rate
Last Answer : Ans: A
Description : A 40-year-old politician suffered from attacks of chest pain diagnosed as angina pectoris. He had a tense personality, resting heart rate was 96/min, blood pressure 170/104 mm Hg, but ... antihypertensive for initial therapy in his case: A. Nifedipine B. Hydrochlorothiazide C. Atenolol D. Methyldopa
Last Answer : C. Atenolol
Description : A patient of CHF was treated with furosemide and digoxin. He became symptom-free and is stable for the last 3 months with resting heart rate 68/min in sinus rhythm but left ventricular ... medication as before C. Continue the diuretic but stop digoxin D. Continue digoxin but stop the diuretic
Last Answer : A. Stop above medication and start an ACE inhibitor
Description : In a patient of hypertension, the dose of propranolol that normalized blood pressure, reduced resting heart rate to 50/min. Which of the following β blockers will be most suitable for him as an ... so that heart rate is not markedly reduced: A. Pindolol B. Celiprolol C. Bisoprolol D. Atenolol
Last Answer : A. Pindolol
Description : Which of the following is an INCORRECT statement about the parasympathetic system? a) It increases digestive action. b) It is the fight or flight system. c) slows breathing rate d) establishes resting state
Last Answer : ANSWER: B -- IT IS THE FIGHT OR FLIGHT SYSTEM.
Description : Which one of the following aspects is an exclusive characteristic of living things? (a) Isolated metabolic reactions occur in vitro (b) Increase in mass from inside only (c) Perception of events ... memory. (d) Increase in mass by accumulation of material both on surface as well as internally
Last Answer : (d) Increase in mass by accumulation of material both on surface as well as internally.
Description : How the hormones of the thyroid gland influence the metabolic rate? -Biology
Last Answer : answer:
Description : What is the best way to ensure a high calorie burning metabolic rate?
Last Answer : Building muscle tissue through anaerobic exercise is the bestway to ensure a high calorie-burning metabolic rate.
Description : Hormone, responsible for basal metabolic rate is
Last Answer : Hormone, responsible for basal metabolic rate is
Description : Basal metabolic rate is under control of
Last Answer : Basal metabolic rate is under control of A. Glucagon B. Insulin C. Thyroxine D. Both (1) and (2)
Description : Is the correct definition for basal metabolic rate or BM?
Last Answer : Need answer
Description : The basal metabolic rate (B.M.R.) is measurement of (A) Energy expenditure during sleep (B) Energy expenditure after 100 m walk (C) Energy expenditure after a meal (D) Energy expenditure under certain basal (Standard) conditions
Last Answer : Answer : D
Description : In the biosynthesis of cholesterol, the step which controls the rate and locus of metabolic regulation is (A) Geranyl pyrophosphate farnesyl pyrophosphate (B) Squalene → lanosterol (C) HMG CoA → mevalonate (D) Lanosterol → 1, 4-desmethyl lanosterol
Last Answer : Answer : C
Description : BMR (Basal Metabolic rate) is elevated in (A) Hyper thyroidism (B) Under nutrition (C) Starvation (D) Hypothyroidism
Last Answer : Answer : A
Description : The essential amino acids (A) must be supplied in the diet because the organism has lost the capacity to aminate the corresponding ketoacids (B) must be supplied in the diet because the ... amino acids which cannot be synthesized by the organism at a rate adequate to meet metabolic requirements
Last Answer : Answer : B
Description : Under what condition to basal metabolic rate goes up? (A) Cold environment (B) Hot environment (C) Intake of base forming foods (D) Hypothyroidism
Description : The essential amino acids (A) Must be supplied in the diet because the organism has lost the capacity to aminate the corresponding ketoacids (B) Must be supplied in the diet because the ... amino acids which cannot be synthesized by the organism at a rate adequate to meet metabolic requirements
Description : In children the lungs are pale pink due to (a) Rich blood supply (b) Greater binding affinity of haemoglobin for oxygen (c) Formation of a higher percentage of oxyhaemoglobin as per higher metabolic rate (d) All of them
Last Answer : Ans:(a)
Description : The closed circulatory system is more efficient. Since blood circulates only inside blood vessels it can do it with more pressure reaching farther distances between the organs where hematosis ... exchange independently from the circulation) are generally slower and have a low metabolic rate.
Last Answer : What is the difference between octopuses and mussels regarding their circulatory systems?
Description : Following a major operation in a normal person, the following are seen: a. fluid retention b. decreased metabolic rate c. potassium retention d. decreased heart rate
Last Answer : decreased metabolic rate
Description : Fight-or-flight reactions cause activation of (a) the parathyroid glands, leading to increased metabolic rate (b) the kidney, leading to suppression of renin- angiotensin-aldosterone pathway (c) ... epinephrine and norepinephrine (d) the pancreas leading to a reduction in the blood sugar levels.
Last Answer : (c) the adrenal medulla, leading to increased secretion of epinephrine and norepinephrine
Description : Metabolic rate of the following organ is not significantly affected by thyroxine: A. Brain B. Heart C. Liver D. Skeletal muscle
Last Answer : A. Brain
Description : 7.3 Metabolic rate of the following organ is not significantly affected by thyroxine: A. Brain B. Heart C. Liver D. Skeletal muscle
Description : Select the β-adrenergic blocker that has additional α1 blocking, vasodilator and antioxidant properties: A. Carvedilol B. Celiprolol C. Acebutolol D. Metoprolol
Last Answer : C. Acebutolol
Description : In hyperthyroidism, β adrenergic blockers are used: A. To induce euthyroid state B. As definitive therapy C. For rapid control of certain symptoms while awaiting response to carbimazole D. To reduce basal metabolic rate
Last Answer : C. For rapid control of certain symptoms while awaiting response to carbimazole
Description : In studying the human body, the instrument which i used to indirectly measure the metabolic rate is a: a) respirometer b) hydrometer c) calorimeter d) none of these
Last Answer : ANSWER: A -- RESPIROMETER