Table 6 Summary of mean elastic moduli for all species.

From: Allometric scaling of skin thickness, elasticity, viscoelasticity to mass for micro-medical device translation: from mice, rats, rabbits, pigs to humans

Tip radius (mm)

0.18

0.315

1

3.15

Species

E (kPa)

SD

E (kPa)

SD

E (kPa)

SD

E (kPa)

SD

Mouse

13.22

6.8

3.97

1.6

0.59

0.2

  

Rat

17.04

5.2

9.98

4.6

0.97

0.5

  

Rabbit

94.12

74.0

42.17

21.7

7.79

4.1

1.29

1.1

Pig (small)

102.52

47.2

55.09

38.9

9.70

6.4

0.43

0.4

Pig (large)

274.68

309.4

174.69

201.9

10.55

9.0

3.68

2.6

Human

50.26

19.3

19.83

7.1

4.74

1.9

1.99

1.1

Human (in vivo)

108.19

140.3

35.42

60.6

3.07

1.5

0.58

0.3

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