KROK 1 2012 – Question 102 · KROK (Medicine) · Physiology
When measuring power inputs of a man by the method of indirect calorimetry the following results were obtained: 1000 ml oxygen consumption and 800 ml carbon dioxide liberation per minute. The man under examination has the following respiratory coefficient:
- A. 0,8
- B. 0,84
- C. 0,9
- D. 1,0
- E. 1,25
Hint
Recall which two gas volumes form the respiratory coefficient and in which order, then divide the values given in the stem.
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