Table 1 Average anatomical and physiological data of adult mice compared to humans.
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Mus musculus | Homo sapiens | |
|---|---|---|
Average weight | 18–25 g (female) 20–40 g (male) | 62.4 kg (female) 77.4 kg (male) |
Average length | 7 à 11 cm | 1 m 63 cm (female) 1 m 76 cm (male) |
Number of newborn (pregnancy) | 6–8 (average) | 1 (96.54%) 2 (3.31% “twins”) > 2 (0.15%) (US in 2010) |
Average gestation duration | 19–21 days | 268 days |
Internal temperature | 37.0–37.2 °C | 36.5–37.5 °C |
Average heart rate (beat per minute: bpm) | 310–840 bpm mean 600 bpm | 60–70 bpm |
Average respiratory frequency (cycle per minute: cpm) | 84–230 cpm mean 160 cpm | 12–20 cpm |
Specific blood volume | 79 ml/kg | 77 ml/kg |
Average blood volume | 2 ml (for 25 g) | 5.4 l (for 70 kg) |
Glomerular filtration rate | 24 ml/min 12 blood volume/min | 100 ml/min 0.02 blood volume/min |
Diameter main bronchus | 1 mm | 10–15 mm |
Ventilation | 23–47.5 ml/min | 6000 ml/min |
Total body water (TBW) | 72.7% (male) 68.5% (female) | 60% (male) 50% (female) |