blood flow
Arterial river current
Blood flow is the movement of blood through the circulatory system—through arteries, veins, and capillaries.
The term appears in medical contexts discussing circulation: restricted blood flow to the brain, exercises that improve blood flow.
Blood flow delivers oxygen and nutrients to tissues and carries away waste products.
- perfusionFluid delivery to tissue
- arteriesTubes carrying oxygenated blood
- thrombusIntravascular coagulated mass
- circulationMovement through a system
- heart rateCardiac contractions per minute
pulse rate · plasma · platelet · vasodilation · capillaries · oxygen levels · arterial pressure · veins · vascular · cardiac · pulse · tourniquet · adrenaline · throb · vessels · heartbeat · pumping · oxygen
- Circulatory Systemheart rate, artery, veins, capillary, arteries
- body functionsbreathing, digestion, heartbeat, circulation, respiration
- flowsworkflow, backflow, current, flux, circulation
- cardiopulmonaryheart rate, lungs, circulation, breathing, oxygen
- blood processesclotting, coagulation, circulation, hemostasis, hemorrhage
- hemodynamicscardiac output, heart rate, preload, afterload, contractility
blood flowstagnation
Absence of flow or progress
blood pooling · hemostasis · coagulation · stasis · stillness
blood flowischemia
Insufficient tissue blood supply
blockage · obstruction · thrombosis · embolism · blood clot
flow, blood, bleed, bloody, bleeding, bloodshed, bloodless, bled, bloodthirsty