Karla also thought it would be a good idea to explain how the heart functioned as part of the pulmonary and systemic circuits to circulate blood carrying nutrients and waste throughout the body. Karla decided to provide a general description of the path that blood takes through each of these circuits. How could she describe the general path of blood through the pulmonary and systemic circuits?

A) Pulmonary circuit: Heart → Lungs → Heart; Systemic circuit: Heart → Body → Heart

B) Pulmonary circuit: Heart → Body → Heart; Systemic circuit: Heart → Lungs → Heart

C) Pulmonary circuit: Lungs → Heart → Body; Systemic circuit: Body → Heart → Lungs

D) Pulmonary circuit: Body → Heart → Lungs; Systemic circuit: Lungs → Heart → Body