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What is a consequence of the separation and independent pumping of pulmonary and systemically-derived blood through the heart?

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It allows for higher blood pressure in the systemic compared to the pulmonary circuit, leading to high efficiency of oxygenation of tissues. Oxygenated and deoxygenated blood have no possibility of mixing. Respiratory gas exchange is maximized because blood with lowest oxygen concentration from vena cava is directed toward the respiratory surfaces.

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