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
• Indonesian: peredaran darah kecil, sirkulasi pulmonalis
• Italian: piccola circolazione f, circolazione polmonare f
• Japanese: 肺循環 (ja) (はいじゅんかん, haijunkan)
• Latin: circulatio pulmonalis, circulatio minor
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: lille kretsløp n, lungekretsløpet n

• Portuguese: circulação pulmonar f
• Swedish: lilla kretsloppet n, lungkretsloppet (sv) n
• Turkish: küçük kan dolaşımı (tr)

See also

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