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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
cm2 | cm2(%) | cm2(%) | cm2(%) | cm2(%) | cm2(%) | cm2(%) | cm2(%) | |
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 | |