Basal body

I have read in biology text book that Rat body surface area is greater than an Elephant,So that Rat has higher Basal Metabolic Rate than an Elephant. How to understand this?

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... morning, that is, when you do not eat say 12 hours or even fewer BMR = basal metabolic rate or base metabolic rate and the rate is controlled by relative hormonal signaling patterns. Your body does not turn down BMR after only a day or two. You won't see that until well ...

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... 4! I'm afraid I don't really know for 2. Contractions in the atria at a basal level are caused by the SA node (which is part of neither system), ... Sorry I can't be more help here :s Heart rate increases when the body's trying to combat change. So you're quite correct in thinking that ...

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... molecule, so it does not need key or anything to penetrate in your body. :roll: And even less so radioactive mice :? Yet AIDS is caused by HIV ... tritium) ergo, there is no link between tritium and AIDS. There is a basal level of radioactivity on earth (will vary depending on where you live), ...

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... molecule, so it does not need key or anything to penetrate in your body. :roll: And even less so radioactive mice :? Yet AIDS is caused by HIV ... tritium) ergo, there is no link between tritium and AIDS. There is a basal level of radioactivity on earth (will vary depending on where you live), ...

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