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Can you tell me, how are the respiratory and the cardiovascular system connected?
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Complex: Some would say that the heart is simply an accessory muscle of respiration, but try breathing without one! (BTW, they're directly connected by the pulmonary artery and pulmonary veins).
Answered 7/9/2014
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