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19.6 to 13 mL per 100 mL as blood passes through the brain (Fig. 17-2). ... matter
, which makes up fully 60 percent of the brain's mass. consumes only 6 percent. 
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body glucose utilization ... University Hospital in Sweden proved

Question: Though the brain is only 2% of human body weight, it uses up to 25% of this in the blood
Answer: oxygen