<P> The pulmonary circulation is the portion of the circulatory system which carries deoxygenated blood away from the right ventricle of the heart, to the lungs, and returns oxygenated blood to the left atrium and ventricle of the heart . The term pulmonary circulation is readily paired and contrasted with the systemic circulation . The vessels of the pulmonary circulation are the pulmonary arteries and the pulmonary veins . </P> <P> A separate system known as the bronchial circulation supplies blood to the tissue of the larger airways of the lung . </P> <P> Pulmonary circulation is the movement of blood from the heart, to the lungs, and back to the heart . Deoxygenated blood leaves the heart, goes to the lungs, and then re-enters the heart; Deoxygenated blood leaves through the right ventricle through the pulmonary artery . From the right atrium, the blood is pumped through the tricuspid valve (or right atrioventricular valve), into the right ventricle . Blood is then pumped from the right ventricle through the pulmonary valve and into the main pulmonary artery . </P> <P> From the right ventricle, blood is pumped through the semilunar pulmonary valve into the left and right main pulmonary arteries (one for each lung), which branch into smaller pulmonary arteries that spread throughout the lungs . </P>

Where does the pulmonary circuit of the heart begin