True or false: the pulmonary circuit pumps oxygen-rich blood from the heart to the rest of the body and then back to the heart.

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Mercedes Shelton

8 May, 11:28

True or false: the pulmonary circuit pumps oxygen-rich blood from the heart to the rest of the body and then back to the heart.

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Braedon Gardner · Answer 1

False. The pulmonary circuit does not pump the oxygen-rich blood from the heart to the rest of the body and then back to the heart.

The cardiovascular system is mainly composed of the two types of systems namely the systemic circulatory system and the pulmonary circulatory system. The systemic circulatory system is involved in the pumping of the oxygenated blood from the heart to the different parts of the body and returning the deoxygenated blood back to the heart. The pulmonary circulatory system is involved in the transport of the blood between the heart and the lungs. Thus, it is a circuit that carries the deoxygenated blood away from the heart to the lungs and returns the oxygenated blood to the heart.