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Table 1 Organ weights and blood flows for standard human (70 Kg, 20% fat)

From: PKQuest: capillary permeability limitation and plasma protein binding – application to human inulin, dicloxacillin and ceftriaxone pharmacokinetics

Organ

Weight (Kg)

Blood Flow (lit/min/Kg)

Artery

1.1

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Vein

4.4

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Liver

1.8

0.25 (hepatic artery)

Portal

1.5

0.75 (portal vein)

Kidney

0.31

4.0

muscle

33.0

0.0266

brain

1.4

0.56

heart

0.33

0.8

lung

0.536

14.98

skin

2.6

0.12

fat

14

0.056

"other"

4.12

0.054

"bone"

4.90.

0.0