systemic circulation
Americannoun
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the circulatory system in general.
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(in mammals and birds) the circulatory system excluding the pulmonary circulation.
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"Factors in systemic circulation -- mainly proteins secreted by various organs -- are understood to mediate brain aging in terms of cognition, plasticity, adult neurogenesis, and neuroinflammation," the authors write.
From Science Daily • Mar. 19, 2024
The blood then continues through the rest of the body before arriving back at the atrium; this is called systemic circulation.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
For pulmonary and systemic circulation, the heart has to pump blood to the lungs or the rest of the body, respectively.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
Why is the pressure in the pulmonary circulation lower than in the systemic circulation?
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
The former belongs to the greater or systemic circulation; the latter to the lesser or pulmonary, so called from pulmo, the lungs, in which organs it is situated.
From A Treatise on Physiology and Hygiene For Educational Institutions and General Readers by Hutchison, Joseph Chrisman
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