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Reference Adult Female

Adipose Tissue (kg)

  • Interstitial – 0.7
  • Separable – 4
  • Subcutaneous – 13
  • Yellow Marrow – 1.3
  • Total – 19

Air Breathed (liters)

  • 8 hr working (light) – 9,100
  • 8 hr non-occupational – 9,100
  • 8 hr resting – 2,900
  • Total – 21,100

Blood Volume (ml)

  • Plasma – 2,500
  • Red Cell – 1,350
  • Total – 3,900

Body Water (ml/kg W)

  • Extracellular water – 200
  • Intracellular water – 300
  • Total – 500

Body Weight (g)

  • Plasma – 2,600
  • Red Cell – 1,500
  • Total – 4,100

Bone Marrow (g)

  • Red bone marrow – 1,300
  • Yellow bone marrow – 1,300
  • Total – 2,600

Carbon Dioxide Exhaled (g/day) – 700

Connective Tissue (g)

  • Cartilage – 2,000
  • Other – 1,400
  • Tendons and Fascia – 700
  • Total – 4,100

Dietary Intake (g)

  • Carbohydrate – 270
  • Fat – 85
  • Protein – 66
  • Water in diet – 700
  • Water in fluid – 1,200
  • Water in oxidation – 200

Elemental Intake (g/day)

  • Carbon – 210
  • Hydrogen – 245
  • Nitrogen – 10
  • Oxygen – 1,800
  • Sulfur – 0.7

Energy Expenditure (Kcal/d) – 2,100

Fat (kg)

  • Essential – 1.2
  • Nonessential – 15
  • Total – 16

Fecal Components (g/day)

  • Ash – 15
  • Carbon – 6
  • Fats – 4.5
  • Hydrogen – 11
  • Nitrogen – 1.3
  • Other substances – 5
  • Oxygen – 90
  • Solids – 20
  • Water – 90
  • Weight – 110

Hypodermis (g) – 13,000

Length (cm) – 160

Lung Capacity (liter)

  • Dead Space – 0.13
  • Functional Residual – 1.8
  • Total – 4.4
  • Vital- 3.3

Milk Consumption (ml/day) – 200

Minute Volume (liter/min)

  • Resting – 6.0
  • Light Activity – 19

Oxygen Inhaled (g/day) – 640

Resting Metabolic Rate (cal/min-kg) – 16

Skin (g)

  • Dermis – 1,700
  • Epidermis – 90
  • Total – 1,790

Specific Gravity – 1.04

Surface Area (cm2) – 16,000

Urine Components

  • Bicarbonates (g/day) – 0.12
  • Carbon (g/day) – 4
  • Hydrogen (g/day) – 130
  • Nitrogen (g/day) – 13
  • pH – 6.2
  • Oxygen (g/day) – 1,100
  • Solids (g/day) – 50
  • Specific Gravity – 1.02
  • Sugars (g/day) – 1
  • Urea (g/day) – 22
  • Volume (ml/day) – 1,000

Water Gains (ml/day)

  • Fluid Intake (milk, tap water, other) – 1,400
  • Food – 450
  • Oxidation in Food – 250
  • Total Gains – 2,100

Water Losses (ml/day)

  • Feces – 80
  • Sweat – 420
  • Urine – 1,000
  • Total Losses – 2,100

Weight (kg) – 58