The ________ Circuit Carries Blood to and from All Parts

Question

The ________ circuit carries blood to and from all parts of the body except the lungs.
A)pulmonary
B)coronary
C)systemic
D)systolic
E)diastolic

Accepted Answer

The systemic circuit is responsible for carrying oxygenated blood from the heart to all parts of the body (except for the lungs) and then returning deoxygenated blood back to the heart for oxygenation. The pulmonary circuit, on the other hand, carries blood exclusively between the heart and the lungs. The coronary circuit supplies blood to the heart muscle itself, while systolic and diastolic refer to phases of the cardiac cycle.