Pulmonary circulation is the portion of the cardiovascular system which carries deoxygenated bloodaway from the heart, to the

lungs, and returns oxygenated (oxygen-rich) blood back to the heart. The term pulmonary circulation is readily paired and contrasted with the systemic circulation. A separate system known as the bronchial circulation supplies blood to the tissue of the larger airways of the lung.

Systemic circulation is the part of the cardiovascular system which carries oxygenated blood away from the heart to thebody, and returns deoxygenated blood back to the heart. Systemic circulation refers to the part of the circulatory system in which the blood leaves the heart, services the body's cells, and then reenters the heart. Blood leaves through the left ventricle to the aorta, the body's largest artery. The aorta leads to smaller arteries, arterioles, and finally capillaries. Waste and carbon dioxide diffuse out of the cell into the blood, and oxygen in the blood diffuses into the cell. Blood then moves to venious capillaries, and then the venae cavae: the lower inferior vena cava and the upper superior vena cava, through which the blood re-enters the heart at the right atrium.