Review Article

Modeling Transport and Flow Regulatory Mechanisms of the Kidney

Table 1

Maximum measured urine osmolalities in selected animals. For comparison, blood plasma osmolality is about 300 mosm/kg H2O [26].

Animal Urine osmolality
mosm/kg H2O

Domestic pig 1,075
Human 1,430
Rat 2,849
Mouse 2,950
Chinchilla 7,599
Australian hopping mouse9,374