What circulatory system is referred to as a low-pressure, low-resistance system?
a. Left heart
b. Pulmonary vascular bed
c. Right heart
d. Systemic vascular bed
ANS: B
The right side of the heart provides the pressures needed to drive blood through the low-resistance, low-pressure pulmonary circulation.
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