In the human body, blood leaving the heart first goes to the lungs then travels around the body before returning to the heart.TrueFalse

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Blood flow in the human body follows a specific circuit: first, oxygen-poor blood is pumped from the heart (specifically from the right ventricle) to the lungs via the pulmonary arteries. In the lungs, the blood releases carbon dioxide and picks up oxygen. This oxygen-rich blood then returns to the heart (to the left atrium) before being pumped out to the rest of the body through the aorta. After delivering oxygen to the body’s tissues and picking up carbon dioxide, the blood returns to the heart to complete the cycle. This process highlights the heart-lung pathway (pulmonary circulation) and the heart-body circulation (systemic circulation).