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. 2012 May 12;128(2):500–516. doi: 10.1093/toxsci/kfs168

TABLE 2.

Anatomic Parameters Used in the Monkey PBPK Models

Dimension (tissue/region) Compartment 1 (mucus + epithelium)a Compartment 2 (subepithelium)b
Compartment surface area (cm2)c
 Nose; squamous (vestibule) 2.0 2.0
 Nose; respiratoryd 15.7 15.7
 Nose; olfactory 3.4 3.4
 Larynx 1.7 1.7
 Trachea 7.2 7.2
 Main bronchi 4.0 4.0
 Secondary bronchi + bronchioles 105.1 105.1
Compartment thickness (cm)
 Nose; squamous (vestibule)e 0.0050 0.0015
 Nose; respiratoryd,e 0.0070 0.0020
 Nose; olfactoryd 0.0070 0.0020
 Larynx 0.0065 0.0015
 Trachea 0.0066 0.0015
 Main bronchi 0.0066 0.0015
 Secondary bronchi + bronchioles 0.0066 0.0015

aCompartment 1 consists of both mucus and epithelium. Except where otherwise noted, the thickness of the mucus and epithelial layer in each compartment was assumed to be the same as the human (see Table 1).

bThe subepithelial compartment consists of connective tissue, capillaries, glands, macrophages, lymph vessels, etc. just below the epithelium as defined by ICRP (1994). This compartment receives the cardiac output in the model from Table 4.

cComputed from CFD model surface.

dRespiratory region in the CFD/PK models for the rat and human defined by Schroeter et al. (2008) also includes the transitional and lymphoepithelium; this designation was maintained in the current monkey model.

eFrom Carey et al. (2007).