Basal Metabolic Rate Is the Only Component of Energy Expenditure

question 96

True/False

Basal metabolic rate is the only component of energy expenditure which an individual has voluntary control over.

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Definitions:

Millivolts

A unit of electric potential equal to one thousandth of a volt, commonly used to measure electrical potential differences.

Action Potential

A temporary reversal of the electric membrane potential of a cell, especially nerve cells, allowing for the transmission of nerve impulses.

Resting Potential

The electrical potential of a neuron when it is not active, representing the difference in charge between the inside and outside of the cell.

Axon Terminal

Bulbous end of the axon where signals move from the axon of one neuron to the dendrites or cell body of another.