what is the difference between pulmonary and systemic circulation
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Pulmonary circulation, the circuit through the lungs where blood is oxygenated, and systemic circulation, the circuit through the rest of the body to provide oxygenated blood
The systemic circuit describes the circulation of blood throughout the body, to organs and tissues. Deoxygenated blood from the systemic circuit is returned to the heart so that it can be oxygenated by way of the pulmonary circuit, which involves the lungs and heart (hence “pulmonary”).
The pulmonary circuit is the circulation of deoxygenated blood away from the right ventricle of the heart and to the lungs, where it is oxygenated in capillaries that cling to alveoli (air sacs where CO2→ O2 gas exchange takes place). Once the blood is oxygenated, it is drained into the pulmonary veins exiting each lung and those veins deliver the blood to the left atrium of the heart.
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The cardiovascular system is composed of two circulatory paths: pulmonary circulation, the circuit through the lungs where blood is oxygenated, and systemic circulation, the circuit through the rest of the body to provide oxygenated blood
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The systemic circuit describes the circulation of blood throughout the body, to organs and tissues. Deoxygenated blood from the systemic circuit is returned to the heart so that it can be oxygenated by way of the pulmonary circuit, which involves the lungs and heart (hence “pulmonary”).
The pulmonary circuit is the circulation of deoxygenated blood away from the right ventricle of the heart and to the lungs, where it is oxygenated in capillaries that cling to alveoli (air sacs where CO2→ O2 gas exchange takes place). Once the blood is oxygenated, it is drained into the pulmonary veins exiting each lung and those veins deliver the blood to the left atrium of the heart.