Table 1.

Morphological features and flow dynamics of human vessels.^{[115, 355, 356]}

Vessel	Average radius (mm)	Vessel number	Area (mm2)	Wall thickness (mm)	Wall shear stress (Pa)	Blood velocity (mm/s)
Aorta	12.5	1	450	2	0.6-0.98	1200
Distributing arteries	2	159	2 × 103	1	1.1	N/A
Arterioles	1.5 × 10−2	5.7 × 107	4 × 104	0.2	5.1	15
Capillaries	3 × 10−3	1.6 × 1010	4.5 × 105	1 × 10−2	4.4	0.4
Venules	1 × 10−2	1.3 × 109	4 × 105	2 × 10−2	1.6	5
Media veins	2.5	200	4 × 103	0.5	0.71	N/A
Vena cava	15	1	180	1.5	0.42	80