What is the primary function of the pulmonary circulation?
1 Answer
It's main purpose is to give the blood oxygen so that blood can deliver it to different parts of the body.
Explanation:
When the blood comes into the heart from the vena cava , it is depleted of oxygen (and also has a lot of
The blood is whizzed away from the heart to the lungs along the pulmonary artery .
In the lungs, the
This happens in the alveoli of the lungs.
Like this.
Here's an awesome animation if you want to know HOW that happens:
http://highered.mheducation.com/sites/0072507470/student_view0/chapter23/animation__movement_of_oxygen_and_carbon_dioxide.html
The blood (now happy with getting some oxygen and losing it's
You can check out the locations of the pulmonary artery and vein here:
This is where pulmonary circulation ends.
The word pulmonary means
From there, the heart contracts and gives the blood a powerful push which then sends it to different parts of the body to deliver oxygen. This is the start of systemic circulation.