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Respiratory physiology

division of the upright lung into regions where alveolar, arterial and venous pressures relate differently, explaining gravity-dependent blood flow.

In respiratory physiology, West zones of the lung refers to division of the upright lung into regions where alveolar, arterial and venous pressures relate differently, explaining gravity-dependent blood flow. This meaning comes from West (1964) in Journal of Applied Physiology.[1]

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West, J. B., Dollery, C. T., & Naimark, A. (1964). Distribution of blood flow in isolated lung; relation to vascular and alveolar pressures. Journal of Applied Physiology, 19(4), 713-724. https://doi.org/10.1152/jappl.1964.19.4.713

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