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The blood flow to any organ of the body can be determined using the Fick principle.

Which of the following organs has the highest blood flow at rest (ml/minute/100g)?

(Please select 1 option)

Thyroid gland This is the correct answer

Kidney Incorrect answer selected

Brain

Skin

Skeletal muscle

Explanation

The thyroid gland is the second most richly vascular organ in the body (after carotid body).

Global blood flow to the thyroid gland can be measured using:

Colour ultrasound sonography

Quantitative perfusion maps using magnetic resonance imaging of the thyroid gland using an "arterial spin labelling" (ASL) method.

Blood flow to organs of the body at rest

Organ Blood Flow(ml/minute/100g)

Hepatoportal 58

Kidney 420

Brain 54

Skin 13

Skeletal muscle 2.7

Heart 87

Carotid body 2000

Thyroid gland 560

Answer Statistics

1

22%

2

52%

3

22%

4

3%

5

3%

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