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Blood Circulation

Medical Definition:	The movement of the BLOOD as it is pumped through the CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM.
Guide Notes:	general or unspecified, systemic; note specific indentions in tree; Manual 21.4.2-21.6; with diseases, coord IM with disease /physiopathol, not /blood (IM); circulatory failure or circulatory collapse = SHOCK; DF: BLOOD CIRC

Blood Circulation Categories.

	Cerebrovascular Circulation - The circulation of blood through the vessels of the BRAIN.
	Collateral Circulation - Maintenance of blood flow to an organ despite obstruction of a principal vessel. Blood flow is maintained through small vessels.
	Coronary Circulation - The circulation of blood through the CORONARY VESSELS of the HEART.
	Placental Circulation - The circulation of BLOOD, of both the mother and the FETUS, through the PLACENTA.
	Pulmonary Circulation - The circulation of the BLOOD through the LUNGS.
	Regional Blood Flow - The flow of BLOOD through or around an organ or region of the body.
	Renal Circulation - The circulation of the BLOOD through the vessels of the KIDNEY.
	Splanchnic Circulation - The circulation of blood through the BLOOD VESSELS supplying the abdominal VISCERA.

Blood Circulation Medical Definitions and Terms

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