C-V System Overview There are 2 separate sides to the heart. Each half is a separate pump.The blood 100% is pumped independently by each half. LUNGS The right side of the heart pumps blood to RIGHT HEART PUMP LEFT HEART PUMP 100% 100% the lungs,referred to as the pulmonary circulation. HEART MUSCLE 3% 14% The left side of the heart pumps blood to BRAIN the body,referred to as the systemic SKELETAL MUSCLE 15% circulation. BONE 5% VEINS ARTERIES Each organ is connected to the arterial GASTROINTESTINAL SYSTEM,SPLEEN21% reservoir on one side,and to the venous 6% LIVER system on the other.P in the A side is high;P in the V side is low.This AP KIDNEY 22% drives blood through each organ. 6% SKIN the 2 sides of the heart have independent functions,they are activated OTHER 8% simultaneously by the electrical activity of the heart,and they contract and relax simultaneously