{"id":9752,"date":"2026-02-25T13:52:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T13:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rtstudents.com\/radiologyhub\/respiratory-therapy-pulmonary-circulation-facts\/"},"modified":"2026-02-25T13:52:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T13:52:11","slug":"respiratory-therapy-pulmonary-circulation-facts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rtstudents.com\/radiologyhub\/respiratory-therapy-pulmonary-circulation-facts\/","title":{"rendered":"Respiratory Therapy Pulmonary Circulation Facts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Pulmonary Flow<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Pulmonary circulation moves blood from the heart to the lungs for oxygenation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gas Exchange Role<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Capillaries surround alveoli to support gas exchange.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Low Pressure System<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The pulmonary system operates under lower pressure than systemic circulation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ventilation Perfusion Balance<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Matching airflow and blood flow is essential for oxygenation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Perfusion Problems<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Clots or blockages reduce perfusion and impair oxygenation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related Articles<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/rtstudents.com\/radiologyhub\/respiratory-therapy-anatomy-essentials\">Respiratory Therapy Anatomy Essentials<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/rtstudents.com\/radiologyhub\/respiratory-therapy-critical-thinking\">Respiratory Therapy Critical Thinking<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/rtstudents.com\/radiologyhub\/respiratory-therapy-patient-assessment\">Respiratory Therapy Patient Assessment<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pulmonary Flow Pulmonary circulation moves blood from the heart to the lungs for oxygenation. Gas Exchange Role Capillaries surround alveoli to support gas exchange. Low Pressure System The pulmonary system operates under lower pressure than systemic circulation. Ventilation Perfusion Balance Matching airflow and blood flow is essential for oxygenation. Perfusion Problems Clots or blockages reduce [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[37,36,35],"class_list":["post-9752","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-respiratory-therapy","tag-respiratory-therapist","tag-respiratory-therapy","tag-rt"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rtstudents.com\/radiologyhub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9752","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rtstudents.com\/radiologyhub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rtstudents.com\/radiologyhub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rtstudents.com\/radiologyhub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rtstudents.com\/radiologyhub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9752"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rtstudents.com\/radiologyhub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9752\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9785,"href":"https:\/\/rtstudents.com\/radiologyhub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9752\/revisions\/9785"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rtstudents.com\/radiologyhub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9752"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rtstudents.com\/radiologyhub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9752"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rtstudents.com\/radiologyhub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}