Fungal infections can be acquired by inhalation, ingestion, or through the skin (for example, through a cut or wound). Some fungal infections can cause disease in otherwise healthy animals, while others require a host that is sick, weakened, or immunocompromised to establish infection.
The heart is at the center of your circulatory system, which is a network of blood vessels that delivers blood to every part of your body. Blood carries oxygen and other important nutrients that all body organs need to stay healthy and to work properly. Your heart is a muscle, and its job is to pump blood throughout your circulatory system.
The heart pumps blood along two pathways in your body, the pulmonary circuit and the systemic circuit. In the pulmonary circuit, the heart pumps blood to the lungs, then back to the heart. From this pathway, blood picks up oxygen and drops off carbon dioxide in the lungs. Put simply, blood is oxygenated in the lungs.