Point: Gravity is the major factor determining the distribution of blood flow in the human lung.
Hughes
Michael
M
National Heart and Lung Institutes-National College Respiratory Medicine, London, UK. mike.hughes@imperial.ac.uk
West
John B
JB
D000818:Animals; D006112:Gravitation; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000502:physiology; D008833:Microcirculation / Q000502:physiology; D011187:Posture / Q000502:physiology; D011652:Pulmonary Circulation / Q000502:physiology*; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013045:Species Specificity; D014893:Weightlessness