Types of blood circulation

Types of blood circulation

Systemic circulation: Systemic circulation is the part of the cardiovascular system which carries oxygenated blood away from the heart to the body and returns the oxygenated blood back to the heart.

Pulmonary circulation: Pulmonary circulation is the part of the cardiovascular system which carries deoxygenated blood away from the heart to the lungs and returns oxygenated blood back to the heart.

Portal circulation: Circulation of blood from the digestive system to the liver and then from the liver back to the heart is called portal circulation.

Importance of blood circulation: It supply nutrition, vitamin and oxygen to the tissue. It eliminate metabolic waste products and carbon dioxide from the tissue. It prevents intra vascular coagulation of blood. It maintain thermal balance of the body.