Fish Heart: Understanding Single Circulation vs. Double Circulation
A fish heart is a single-circulation heart (sometimes called a venous heart). Deoxygenated blood flows from the body to the heart, then oxygenated blood is pumped directly to the body. In contrast, mammals have a double-circulation heart where blood goes body → heart → lungs → heart → body.
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