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What does the pulmonary circulation do?
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conducts blood to and from the gas exchange surfaces of the lungs to replenish its depleted oxygen levels and get rid of excess carbon dioxide.
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Where is deoxygenated blood pumped?
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from the right ventricle through the pulmonary trunk into th pulmonary arteries, which enter the lung. Thereafter, continuous branching of these vessels leads to pulmonary capillaries that encircle the alveoli.
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What does is the bronchial circulation and what does it do?
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a component of the SYSTEMIC CIRCULATION and consists of tiny bronchial arteries and veins that supply the bronchi and bronchioles of the lung.
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Name some of the major differneces between the bronchial circulation and the systemic circulation
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bronchial: much smaller because most tiny resp strucutres exchange resp gases directly w/ inhaled air.
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What supplies the strucutres in teh bronchial tree?
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bronchial arteries
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What collects venous blood from the structures of the bronchial tree and where does this blood drain?
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bronchial veins..drains into the azygous system of veins
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Where does lymphatic drainage of the right lung go? Left lung
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into the lymphatic duct
Left, into the thoracic duct |
