小しょう循じゅん環かん

noun

pulmonary circulation

Medical term for the circulation of blood between the heart and lungs. Often contrasted with 大循環 (systemic circulation).

See also: 肺循環

• 小しょう循じゅん環かんは、心しん臓ぞうから肺はいへ血けつ液えきを送おくる経けい路ろです。

  Pulmonary circulation is the pathway that sends blood from the heart to the lungs.