pulmonary circulation

noun

, Physiology.

the circulation of blood from the heart to the lungs for oxygenation and back to the heart.

How does pulmonary circulation compare to similar and commonly confused words? Explore the most common comparisons:

The pulmonary circulation is a system within a system; and one action of the heart is the origin of both.

The first point is the "pulmonary circulation," which is taught as Realdus Columbus taught it nearly eighty years before.

It is thus evident, that the word pulmonary circulation is not strictly proper, there being only one for the whole body.

Columbus is acknowledged to have been acquainted with the pulmonary circulation.

Columbus was the first to describe the pulmonary circulation.

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