Pulmonary circulation
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The pulmonary circulation is a division of the circulatory system in all vertebrates. The circuit begins with deoxygenated blood returned from the body to the right atrium of the heart where it is pum
Pulmonary circulation in the heart
3D rendering of a high resolution computed tomography of the thorax. The anterior thoracic wall, the airways and the pulmonary vessels anterior to the root of the lung have been digitally removed in order to visualize the different levels of the pulmonary circulation.
The opening page of one of Ibn al-Nafis's medical works
Michael Servetus
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Michael Servetus was a Spanish theologian, physician, cartographer, and Renaissance humanist. He was the first European to correctly describe the function of pulmonary circulation, as discussed in Chr
Pulmonary circulation
…of Greek philosopher Hippocrates (460 – 370 BCE), Arab physician Ibn al-Nafis (1213 – 1288 CE), Syrian physician Qusta ibn Luqa or Spanish physician Michael Servetus (c. 1509 – 1553 CE). Several figures such as Hippocrates and al-Nafis receive credit for accurately predicting or developing specific elements of the…
Michael Servetus
Headquarters of the Michael Servetus Institute and a research centre of Servetus' life and works in Villanueva de Sigena in Aragon, Spain
Monument to Michel Servet (1908–1911), Joseph Bernard, Vienne city park.
Monument to Michael Servetus, Champel, Switzerland