NEET2003ZoologyBody Fluids and CirculationActual
Systemic heart refers to:
Options
- Athe heart that contracts under stimulation from nervous system
- Bleft auricle and left ventricle in higher vertebrates
- Centire heart in lower vertebrates
- Dthe two ventricles together in humans
Correct answer
B. left auricle and left ventricle in higher vertebrates
Step-by-step solution
Systemic circulation moves blood between the heart and the rest of the body. It sends oxygenated blood out to cells and returns deoxygenated blood to the heart. Systemic heart refers to the left auricle and left ventricle in higher vertebrates. In Pulmonary circulation, deoxygenated blood pumped into the pulmonary artery is transferred to the lungs from where the oxygenated blood is carried by the pulmonary veins into the left atrium. Related Theory Systemic circulation is ordered from the left ventricle to the aor