[Change of pulmonary circulation in microgravity and simulated microgravity].
Fluid is transferred cephalad in microgravity and simulated microgravity, and the pulmonary circulation is the first to be affected. Blood and fluid contents in the lungs increase, but unevenly distributed among various zones of the lungs. Blood vessels in the lungs are filled and distend. Capillary changes have been observed in the animal model of simulated microgravity. Studies about the changes of regulative function of pulmonary circulation are relatively rare. Observations of the reactivity of pulmonary vessels may help to understand the mechanisms of the changes in pulmonary circulation during microgravity.
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D000818:Animals; D001808:Blood Vessels / Q000502:physiology; D001810:Blood Volume / Q000502:physiology; D018495:Fluid Shifts / Q000502:physiology*; D018475:Head-Down Tilt; D006801:Humans; D011652:Pulmonary Circulation / Q000502:physiology*; D013026:Space Flight; D014893:Weightlessness; D018474:Weightlessness Simulation