Table 1.
Total and relative surface areas of porcine pulmonary lobes
|
Lung sample |
Total surface area |
Lobus cranialis pulmonis sinistri, pars cranialis |
Lobus. cranialis pulmonis sinistri, pars caudalis |
Lobus caudalis pulmonis sinistri |
Lobus caudalis pulmonis dextri |
Lobus medius pulmonis dextri |
Lobus cranialis pulmonis dextri |
Lobus accessorius pulmonis dextri |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cm 2 | cm 2 (%) | cm 2 (%) | cm 2 (%) | cm 2 (%) | cm 2 (%) | cm 2 (%) | cm 2 (%) | |
| L1 |
462.59 |
31.70 (6.85) |
44.72 (9.67) |
111.70 (24.15) |
111.32 (24.06) |
41.76 (9.03) |
60.94 (13.17) |
60.45 (13.07) |
| L2 |
412.93 |
39.34 (9.53) |
45.57 (11.04) |
105.99 (25.67) |
86.26 (20.89) |
39.34 (9.53) |
59.93 (14.51) |
36.48 (8.83) |
| L3 |
349.10 |
37.90 (10.86) |
30.67 (8.79) |
98.72 (28.27) |
96.61 (27.67) |
38.47 (11.02) |
46.77 (13.40) |
37.49 (10.74) |
| L4 |
538.55 |
56.95 (10.57) |
67.04 (12.45) |
146.48 (27.20) |
105.25 (19.54) |
50.17 (9.32) |
56.32 (10.46) |
56.34 (10.46) |
| L5 |
625.89 |
46.43 (7.42) |
43.49 (6.95) |
139.40 (22.27) |
168.34 (26.90) |
63.00 (10.07) |
74.23 (11.86) |
91.00 (14.54) |
| Arithmetic mean of relative surface (%) |
9.05 |
9.78 |
25.51 |
23.81 |
9.79 |
12.68 |
11.53 |
|
| Standard Deviation of Arithmetic mean of relative surface (%) |
1.63 |
1.88 |
2.14 |
3.2 |
0.7 |
1.39 |
2.02 |
|
| Median of relative surface (%) |
9.53 |
9.67 |
25.67 |
24.06 |
9.53 |
13.17 |
10.74 |
|
| Simplified surface proportions (%) |
10 |
10 |
25 + 25 = 50 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
||
| Rounding error to median/mean (%) | +0.47 + 0.95 | +0.33 + 0.22 | −0.46 − 1.02 | +0.94 + 1.19 | +0.47 + 0.21 | −3.17 − 2.68 | −0.74 − 1.53 | |