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Figure 2.2 The systemic and pulmonary circulations. (From E. N. Marieb, Human<br />

Anatomy and Physiology, 3 rd ed. <strong>New</strong> York: The Benjamin/Cummings Publishing<br />

Company, Inc., 1995.)<br />

In both circuits, the vessels carrying blood away from the heart are called arteries<br />

and those carrying blood from either the lung or all other parts <strong>of</strong> the body back to the<br />

heart are called veins. Figure 2.2 illustrates the heart with the systemic and pulmonary<br />

circulations.

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