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What is the route blood takes from the heart to the lungs and back again?
The pulmonary circulation takes blood from the heart to the lungs and back again. Blood moves from the right ventricle to the pulmonary artery, then into the lungs where blood is oxygenated. Blood returns from the lungs to the heart in the pulmonary vein, and enters the left atrium.
What is another name for the circulation of blood from lungs to heart to body?
Pulmonary circulation Pulmonary circulation pulmonary circulation pulmonary circulation
What does the pulmonary circulation flow between?
"Pulmonary" is a fancy word meaning "lungs", therefore pulmonary circulation is just the route that blood takes between the heart and lungs, and vice versa.
What is the artery leading into the lungs called?
The blood vessels that take oxygenated blood from the right ventricle to the lungs are the pulmonary artery. It is part of the pulmonary circulation.
What are the differences and similarities between the pulmonary and systemic circulations?
Pulmonary Circulation carries deoxygenated blood to the lungs to receive oxygen, while the Systemic Circulation carries the oxygenated blood throughout the body so the oxygen can be used, returning to the Pulmonary Circulation as deoxygenated blood.
Which of the two path is short the pulmonary circulation or the systemic circulation?
i think pulmonary circulation
What are the two types of circulation of blood in the body?
Pulmonary and systemic
What organ in the heart where pulmonary circulation is started?
Your right side of the heart pumps blood in the pulmonary circulation. The pulmonary circulation should start from the origin of the pulmonary aorta.
What circulation transports deoxygenated blood to the lungs to get oxygen?
Blood travels to the lungs because it is not oxygenated and it will become oxygenated in the lungs, since that is what the lungs are for. The pulmonary artery takes blood to the lungs, and the pulmonary vein takes blood from the lungs back to the heart, from whence it is pumped throughout the body.
What is the circulation called when it travels from the heart to the lungs and back?
Pulmonary circulation is the movement of blood from the heart, to the lungs, and back.
What is the main tube that takes blood to the heart?
Tubes that carry blood to the heart are veins. The two major veins that carry blood to the heart are the vena cava and the pulmonary vein.
What are the two main circulatory routes in the body?
You have lesser circulation or the pulmonary circulation. Blood goes to lungs in this system from the right side of heart. You have greater circulation or the systemic circulation. Blood goes to all over the rest of body through this circulation. The amount of blood that flows is same in both the systems. You have about 25/15 mm of Hg pressure in pulmonary circulation. You have about 120/80 mm of Hg pressure in systemic circulation.
