AN 5.2 Differentiate between pulmonary and systemic circulation

AN 5.2 Differentiate between pulmonary and systemic circulation

S No	Feature	Pulmonary Circulation	Systemic Circulation
1	Pumping chamber	Right ventricle	Left ventricle
2	Valve between Pumping chamber and Outflow vessel	Pulmonary valves	Aortic valves
3	Outflow vessel	Pulmonary trunk & pulmonary arteris	Aorta
4	Blood in outflow vessel	Deoxygenated	Oxygenated
5	Tissues receiving the blood	Lung	All tissues except lungs
6	Gaseous exchange in tissues	CO2 taken from blood and O2 given	O2 taken from blood and CO2 given
7	Veins involved	Pulmonary veins	Superior and Inferior Vena cava
8	Blood quality in these vessels (veins)	Oxygenated	Deoxygenated
9	Receiving chamber	Left Atrium	Right Atrium
10	Purpose	Oxygenation of blood	Oxygenation of Tissues
13	Direction of blood flow	Right to Left	Left to Right