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Table 2 Lobule regular lattice flow parameters

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

Parameter

Characteristic (SI) unit

STARS unit

Sinusoid Grid Cell Size

6 μm

0.0006 cm

Sinusoid Porosity: Ï•sin

0.7854

0.7854

Sinusoid Permeability: Ksin

1.125 μm2

1.140 Darcy

Sinusoid Effective Diffusion: Dsin

4.2 × 10-10 m2/sec

2.5 × 10-4 cm2/min

Tissue Grid Cell Size: 2a

24 μm

0.0024 cm

Tissue Porosity (Ideal): Ï•tis

0.4764

0.4764

Tissue Permeability (Ideal): Ktis

1.230 μm2

1.246 Darcy

Tissue Porosity (Base): Ï•tis

0.2382

0.2382

Tissue Permeability (Base): Ktis

7.35 × 10-2 μm2

7.45 × 10-2 Darcy

Tissue Porosity (ECM): Ï•tis

0.1191

0.1192

Tissue Permeability (ECM): Ktis

6.883 × 10-3 μm2

6.97 × 10-3 Darcy

Tissue Effective Diffusion: Dtis

4.2 × 10-11 m2/sec

2.5 × 10-5 cm2/min

Blood Viscosity: μ

3.5 × 10-3 Pa-sec

3.5 cpoise

  1. (1 Darcy = 0.9869 μm2 in engineering permeability units).