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Question
What is meant by the term 'Double circulation'?
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Solution 1
- Blood flows twice in the heart before it completes one full round.
- The short pulmonary (lung) circulation and the long systemic (general body) circulation.
- For this reason, the blood circulation in the human body is also called "double circulation."
Solution 2
The type of blood circulation in which oxygenated blood and deoxygenated blood do not get mixed is termed double circulation.
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