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. 2018 Aug 11;7(9):593–602. doi: 10.1002/psp4.12321

Table 1.

Physiological parameters of the mechanistic kidney model. The tubular flow rate exiting each tubular subsegment is equal to the tubular flow rate entering the next tubular subsegment. The flow rate at the beginning of the first proximal tubule subsegment is equal to glomerular filtration rate (120 mL/min) and the exiting flow rate at the end of the last collecting duct subsegment (Collecting duct5) is equal to normal urine formation rate (1 mL/min). The volumes, tubular surface areas, and flow rates are scaled to two kidneys with 0.9 million nephrons per kidney based on the physiological values with detailed calculation described in Table S1 and Methods section

Segment Volume (l) Tubular surface area (dm2) Tubular flow rate entering each tubular subsegment (ml/min) pH value
Proximal tubule1 0.0305 6107 120 7.2
Proximal tubule2 0.0305 6107 94 7.1
Proximal tubule3 0.0305 6107 68 7
Loop of henleD 0.0027 61 43 7
Loop of henleA 0.0027 61 24 7
Distal tubule 0.0194 156 24 6.9
Collecting duct1 0.237 6.7 11 6.8
Collecting duct2 0.237 6.7 9 6.7
Collecting duct3 0.237 6.7 7 6.6
Collecting duct4 0.237 6.7 5 6.5
Collecting duct5 0.237 6.7 3 6.5