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Pulmonary circulation delivers oxygen to the blood and frees the blood of carbon dioxide.

It also, does

1- Gas exchange

2- Filtering emboli

3- Keep fluid out of alveoli

4- Metabolic function. e.g Removal of Bradykinin

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