. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Jun 14.

Published in final edited form as: Microphysiol Syst. 2020 Jun;4:10.21037/mps-19-8. doi: 10.21037/mps-19-8

Table 1.

Average human organ sizes (based on a 70 kg body) and tissue culture chamber sizes

Organ	Mean in vivo organ volume ± stdev. (20–22) (L)	Functional in vivo organ volume ± stdev. (L)	Cube organ volume ± stdev. (μL)	Square cube chamber area (with chamber depth =200 μm) ± stdev. (mm²)
GI tract	1.23±0.22	0.70±0.13	9.6±1.7	53.3±9.5
Liver	1.57±0.26	0.94±0.16	12.8±2.1	71.1±11.8
Kidney	0.32±0.07	0.19±0.040	2.5±0.53	13.9±3.0
Bone marrow	5.1±0.89	2.98±0.52	40.8±7.1	226.7±29.6
Blood	5.82±0.73	5.82±0.73	79.7±10.0	N/A

stdev., standard deviation.