Translations:Circulatory system/12/en

Pulmonary circulation

Main article: Pulmonary circulation

The pulmonary circulation as it passes from the heart. Showing both the pulmonary and bronchial arteries.

The pulmonary circulation is the part of the circulatory system in which oxygen-depleted blood is pumped away from the heart, via the pulmonary artery, to the lungs and returned, oxygenated, to the heart via the pulmonary vein.