Table 1.
Parameter/ Scale |
Description | Values |
---|---|---|
ℒ | length scale | ~1×10−4m (100 µm), mouse sperm [20] |
𝒯 | time scale | 0.1 s (beat frequency of hyperactivated mouse sperm ~10 Hz [67, 68]) |
𝒱 | velocity scale (wavespeed) | ℒ · 10 Hz = 1×10−3m s−1 (1000 µm s−1) |
μ | viscosity | for water 1 × 10−3 kg m−1 s−1 |
ℱ | force scale | μ · 𝒱 · ℒ = 1 × 10−10 N |
𝒫 | pressure scale | (μ𝒱)/ℒ=0.01 Pascals, kg m−1 s−2 |
𝒞 | concentration scale | 1 µM |
PeC | Ca2+ Peclet number | (ℒ𝒱)/DCa ~ 5000 |
PeI | IP3 Peclet number | (ℒ𝒱)/DI ~ 333 |