The Basal Metabolic Rate, BMR, Is Defined as

question 10

Multiple Choice

The basal metabolic rate, BMR, is defined as

• A) The metabolic rate while the person is resting, fasting and awake
• B) The overall average metabolism during the course of a day
• C) The total metabolism averaged over a year, expressed per day
• D) Metabolic rate during light exercise
• E) The metabolic rate during sleep

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Definitions:

Purines

Nitrogenous bases found in DNA and RNA that include adenine (A) and guanine (G), playing a crucial role in encoding genetic information.

Pyrimidines

One of the two types of nitrogenous bases found in nucleic acids, including cytosine, thymine (in DNA), and uracil (in RNA).

Chargaff

Refers to Chargaff's rules, which are empirical rules regarding the ratios of nucleotide bases within DNA molecules: adenine (A) pairs with thymine (T), and cytosine (C) pairs with guanine (G).

Guanine

One of the four main nucleobases found in the nucleic acids DNA and RNA; it pairs with cytosine.