title: Point: Gravity is the major factor determining the distribution of blood flow in the human lung.
authors.affiliation: National Heart and Lung Institutes-National College Respiratory Medicine, London, UK. mike.hughes@imperial.ac.uk
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hughes
authors.forename: John B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: West
mesh_terms: 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