The part of the cardiovascular system consisting of all pulmonary arteries and all pulmonary veins. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulmonary_circulation https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=bn%3A0073040584 ]
Synonyms: pulmonary system pulmonary circulatory system
Term information
human_reference_atlas
Subdivision of cardiovascular system which has as its parts the pulmonary arterial and venous tree organs.[FMA]
Term relations
- vascular system
- protein-containing material entity
- cellular anatomical structure
- has part some pulmonary artery
- has part some pulmonary vein