Each 2.54 square centimetre (a square inch) of human skin has six metres (20ft) of blood vessels. Veins hold about 65 per cent of the body's blood and have one-way valves tohelp blood move.

Discover the warning signs of circulatory problems, from buttock pain to slow-healing wounds, plus the foods and activities ...

There are three types of blood vessel: arteries, veins and capillaries. The heart is a muscular organ that pumps blood around your circulatory system. The circulatory system is the heart and all ...

Very low blood pressure. The structure of the blood vessels can be easily compared when they are seen in this cross-section (not to scale).

Here are some of the conditions and dangers associated with some blood clots and how they can become serious and even ...

Lab-grown chicken nuggets are now closer to reality due to blood vessel-mimicking microfibers. Researchers at the University of Tokyo built a circulatory system-mimicking bioreactor using hollow ...

Locate the rest of the vessels listed in Table 1 and shown in Figure 5.3. Functional anatomy of circulatory and respiratory system is important. Think carefully about relation between circulation and ...

lungs and blood vessels and back to the heart. Nearly half the population is blood type O, and can donate blood to people of all other blood groups but can receive only Type O themselves.