What is the maximal efficiency for the conversion of nutrient energy into muscle work, with the remainder being converted to heat?
Explanation
This question assesses the understanding of energy conversion efficiency during physical activity. The body is not perfectly efficient; a large portion of energy from nutrients is lost as heat, which is a key concept in understanding thermoregulation during exercise.
Other questions
During endurance athletics under normal environmental conditions, to what range does the body temperature typically rise?
At what body temperature range does heatstroke become destructive to tissue cells, particularly brain cells?
What is one of the primary reasons an athlete's body temperature does not easily decrease after stopping exercise during heatstroke?
Which of the following is NOT listed as a symptom of heatstroke in the provided text?
In a well-trained athlete, by how much can the body's oxygen consumption increase during maximal exercise?
What is the effect of the very high body temperature associated with heatstroke on the rates of intracellular chemical reactions?
What is the primary goal of treatment for heatstroke?
During intracellular chemical reactions related to exercise, what percentage of nutrient energy is converted directly into heat, rather than muscle work?
According to the text, what is the ultimate fate of almost all the energy that is successfully converted into muscle work?
What is the principal reason for a neonate's difficulty in maintaining body temperature?
How does the metabolic rate of a neonate compare to that of an adult, when adjusted for body weight?
After the initial drop in body temperature following birth, how long does it typically take for a normal infant's temperature to stabilize?
In a premature infant, a body temperature maintained below what threshold is associated with a particularly high incidence of death?
What is a major thermoregulatory problem characteristic of premature infants?
Why is the use of an incubator considered almost mandatory for the treatment of premature infants?
The condition retrolental fibroplasias, which can cause permanent blindness in premature infants, is linked to what medical intervention?
According to physiological studies cited in the text, what is generally considered a safe upper limit for oxygen concentration in the air breathed by premature infants?
What two mechanical factors are mentioned as converting muscle contractile energy into body heat during exercise?
The amount of heat liberated in the body during exercise is almost exactly proportional to what physiological measurement?
In which environmental conditions does the text state that heatstroke is most likely to develop in an athlete?
What does the text describe as the most practical method to rapidly reduce body temperature in a person suffering from heatstroke?
What is the Celsius equivalent for the typical body temperature range of 102°F to 103°F observed during endurance exercise?
The dangerous body temperatures of 106°F to 108°F, seen in severe heatstroke, are equivalent to what range in Celsius?
Which type of cells are mentioned in the text as being especially vulnerable to the destructive effects of high temperatures during heatstroke?
What is the effect of a neonate's large body surface area to mass ratio on thermoregulation?
What is the general state of a neonate's temperature regulatory mechanisms during the first few days of life?
The near-mandatory use of an incubator for premature infants is primarily justified by what specific physiological finding?
At normal room temperature, the body temperature of a premature infant may stabilize in what Fahrenheit range?
What is identified as the primary trigger for the development of heatstroke during exercise?
What is the medical term for the complex of symptoms including extreme weakness, exhaustion, collapse, and unconsciousness resulting from a dangerously high body temperature?
What is the eventual fate of the energy from nutrient metabolism that is not successfully converted into mechanical muscle work?
Which of the following is NOT listed as a direct mechanism for converting muscle contractile energy into body heat?
According to experiments cited in the text, which non-invasive treatment can reduce body temperature during heatstroke almost as rapidly as total immersion in ice water?
In the first few hours after birth, by how much does a normal infant's body temperature typically fall?
The temperature instability observed in premature infants is presented as an example of what broader physiological issue?
What is the pathological mechanism behind retrolental fibroplasias in premature infants who receive excess oxygen therapy?
What is the level of oxygen concentration for treating premature infants that some child physiologists believe is necessary for 'complete safety'?
The heat liberated in the body during exercise is a primary consequence of what fundamental biological process?
At what dangerous temperature range, according to the text, can heatstroke lead to symptoms like collapse and unconsciousness?
What factor significantly contributes to the neonate's tendency toward acidosis?
A premature infant's inability to maintain a normal body temperature is categorized under what general heading of neonatal problems?
A body temperature of 35.5 degrees Celsius in a premature infant is clinically significant because it is associated with what outcome?
In the later stages of retrolental fibroplasias, what pathological tissue replaces the abnormally grown blood vessels in the vitreous humor?
What is the potential outcome of untreated heatstroke?
The text mentions that at the high temperatures seen in heatstroke, the temperature-regulating mechanism often fails. The text refers to another chapter for a discussion of this mechanism. Which chapter is referenced?
Under what specific environmental condition does the text state that a premature infant's body temperature can drop into the low 90s or 80s Fahrenheit?
Which of the following is an external environmental factor affecting body temperature, rather than a direct internal source of heat production during exercise?
What combination of factors explains the neonate's poor temperature regulation and tendency for body temperature to fall?
What is the primary physiological consequence of the failure of the temperature-regulating mechanism during heatstroke?