Table 2.

List of symbols: Quantities and their values with sources where applicable.

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.25078.018

Symbol	Description	From 3D-CiliaMap	Value: standardized vesicle
${\displaystyle \left({\overrightarrow{e}}_m,{\overrightarrow{e}}_f,{\overrightarrow{e}}_n\right)}$	Cilium's coordinate system	+
${\displaystyle \left({\overrightarrow{e}}_A,{\overrightarrow{e}}_L,{\overrightarrow{e}}_D\right)}$	KV coordinate system	+
${\displaystyle \alpha }$	Coordinate	+
${\displaystyle \beta }$	Coordinate	+
${\displaystyle \theta }$	Cilium tilt	+	${\displaystyle 0-{60}^{\circ }}$
${\displaystyle \phi }$	Cilium orientation on the cell surface	+	0
${\displaystyle \psi }$	Cilium, semi-cone angle		${\displaystyle {25}^{\circ }}$
${\displaystyle \omega }$	Cilium, angular frequency		${\displaystyle 25\times 2\pi {\text{s}}^{-1}}$
${\displaystyle L}$	Cilium, length		${\displaystyle 6\mu \mathrm{m}}$
${\displaystyle R}$	KV radius	+	${\displaystyle 35\mu \mathrm{m}}$
${\displaystyle a}$	KV ellipsoid, equatorial radius	+	${\displaystyle R}$
${\displaystyle b}$	KV ellipsoid, height	+	${\displaystyle R}$
${\displaystyle N_c}$	Number of cilia	+	70
${\displaystyle \rho }$	Surface density of cilia	+
${\displaystyle \hat{\rho }}$	Normalized surface density of cilia	+	See Figure 5
${\displaystyle g(\gamma )}$	Cilia distribution, pair correlation	+	See Figure 5
${\displaystyle \eta }$	Fluid viscosity	${\displaystyle 0.001\text{Pa}\text{s}}$
${\displaystyle r_{Stokes}}$	Diffusive particle Stokes radius	${\displaystyle 0.5-10\text{nm}}$
${\displaystyle D}$	Particle diffusion constant	${\displaystyle k_{B}T/\left(6\pi \eta r_{Stokes}\right)}$
${\displaystyle \overrightarrow{v}(\overrightarrow{x})}$	Fluid velocity inside KV	calculated
${\displaystyle \overrightarrow{\mathrm{\Omega }}}$	Effective flow angular velocity	calculated
${\displaystyle N_{left},N_{right}}$	Number of particles captured on the left/right	simulated