Sentences with phrase «oxygen than any other tissue»

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«While an adult human brain typically weighs only about 2 % of the body weight, a resting brain consumes more than 20 % of all the oxygen, thus indicating a 10-fold greater energy requirement than other tissues.
Since almost all body tissues consume oxygen, although some tissues more than others (i.e. muscle consumes more oxygen than fat), a person with a larger total body mass will be much more likely to consume more total oxygen than a person with a lower total body mass.
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