Table 1.

Parameters of cilia that are important for mathematical modeling. Courtesy of Xu and Jiang [34].

Parameter	Values	References
Cilium length	5–7 $\mathsf{\mu }\mathrm{m}$	Sanderson & Sleigh [31]
Cilium density	6–8 $\mathsf{\mu }\mathrm{m}$−2	Sleigh et al. [23]
Beating frequency	13–29 Hz	Sanderson & Sleigh [31]
	14 Hz	Low et al. [35]
	15.6 Hz	Marino & Aiello [36]
	11–1-5 Hz (human nasal cilia without mucus)	Chilvers & Challaghan [37]
Tracheal mucus velocity	5.5 mm/min−1	Foster et al. [38]
	6.7–11.4mm/min−1	Friedman et al. [39]