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Table 1 Anatomical parameter values for the liver[12, 13]

From: A physiologically-based flow network model for hepatic drug elimination I: regular lattice lobule model

Parameter

Value

Hepatocyte diameter

12 – 24 μm

Diameter of liver cell sheets

25 μm

Lobule diameter

1 – 2.5 mm

Mean sinusoid diameter

7.3 μm

Vascular tissue component

28 – 30 %

Specific gravity of liver

1.05

Liver volume

1071 ± 228 cm3