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Reference Adult Male

Adipose Tissue (kg)

  • Interstitial – 1.0
  • Separable – 5.0
  • Subcutaneous – 7.5
  • Yellow Marrow – 1.5
  • Total – 15

Air Breathed (liters)

  • 8 hr working (light) – 9,600
  • 8 hr non-occupational – 9,600
  • 8 hr resting – 3,600
  • Total – 22,800

Blood Volume (ml)

  • Plasma – 3,000
  • Red Cell – 2,200
  • Total – 5,200

Body Water (ml/kg W)

  • Extracellular water – 260
  • Intracellular water – 340
  • Total – 600

Body Weight (g)

  • Plasma – 3,100
  • Red Cell – 2,400
  • Total – 5,500

Bone Marrow (g)

  • Red bone marrow – 1,500
  • Yellow bone marrow – 1,500
  • Total – 3,000

Carbon Dioxide Exhaled (g/day) – 1,000

Connective Tissue (g)

  • Cartilage – 2,500
  • Other – 1,700
  • Tendons and Fascia – 850
  • Total – 5,050

Dietary Intake (g)

  • Carbohydrate – 390
  • Fat – 120
  • Protein – 95
  • Water in diet – 1,000
  • Water in fluid – 1,700
  • Water in oxidation – 300

Elemental Intake (g/day)

  • Carbon – 300
  • Hydrogen – 350
  • Nitrogen – 15
  • Oxygen – 2,600
  • Sulfur – 1

Energy Expenditure (Kcal/d) – 3,000

Fat (kg)

  • Essential – 1.5
  • Nonessential – 12
  • Total – 13.5

Fecal Components (g/day)

  • Ash – 17
  • Carbon – 7
  • Fats – 5
  • Hydrogen – 13
  • Nitrogen – 1.5
  • Other substances – 6.5
  • Oxygen – 100
  • Solids – 30
  • Water – 105
  • Weight – 135

Hypodermis (g) – 7,500

Length (cm) – 170

Lung Capacity (liter)

  • Dead Space – 0.16
  • Functional Residual – 2.2
  • Vital – 4.3
  • Total – 5.6

Milk Consumption (ml/day) – 300

Minute Volume (liter/min)

  • Resting – 7.5
  • Light Activity – 20

Oxygen Inhaled (g/day) – 920

Resting Metabolic Rate (cal/min-kg) – 17

Skin (g)

  • Dermis – 2,500
  • Epidermis – 100
  • Total – 2,600

Specific Gravity (g/cm3) – 1.07

Surface Area (cm2) – 18,000

Urine Components

  • Bicarbonates (g/day) – 0.14
  • Carbon (g/day) – 5
  • Hydrogen (g/day) – 160
  • Nitrogen (g/day) – 15
  • Oxygen (g/day) – 1,300
  • pH – 6.2
  • Solids (g/day) – 60
  • Specific Gravity – 1.02
  • Sugars (g/day) – 1
  • Urea (g/day) – 22
  • Volume (ml/day) – 1,400

Water Gains (ml/day)

  • Fluid Intake (tap water, milk, other) – 1,900
  • Food – 700
  • Oxidation in Food – 350
  • Total Gains – 3,000

Water Losses (ml/day)

  • Feces – 100
  • Sweat – 650
  • Urine – 1,400
  • Total Losses – 3,000

Weight (kg) – 70