pulmonary circulation

pulmonary circulation

English

Heart and circulatory system:
systemic circulation on the right side; pulmonary circulation on the left side.

Noun

pulmonary circulation (plural pulmonary circulations)

1. (anatomy) The part of blood circulation which carries oxygen-depleted blood away from the heart, to the lungs, and returns oxygenated blood back to the heart.

Related terms

• systemic circulation
• arterial circulation
• venous circulation
• coronary circulation
• collateral circulation

Translations

part of blood circulation

Afrikaans: pulmonêre sirkulasie Azerbaijani: kiçik qan dövranı Danish: det lille kredsløb n, lungekredsløbet n Dutch: kleine bloedsomloop m Finnish: pieni verenkierto (fi) German: kleiner Blutkreislauf m, Lungenkreislauf m Icelandic: lungnablóðrás f

Italian: piccola circolazione f, circolazione polmonare f Latin: circulatio pulmonalis, circulatio minor Norwegian: Bokmål: lille kretsløp n, lungekretsløpet n Portuguese: circulação pulmonar f Swedish: lilla kretsloppet n, lungkretsloppet n Turkish: küçük kan dolaşımı (tr)

See also

• circulatory system
• lymphatic system
• respiratory system
• nitrogen cycle
• carbon cycle
• oxygen cycle
• hydrogen cycle
• respiration