vascular network
Body's circulation system
A vascular network is a system of vessels that transport fluids through an organism—blood vessels in animals, xylem and phloem in plants.
The term emphasizes the interconnected, branching structure: The tumor developed its own vascular network to sustain growth.
Extended to any system of channels resembling blood vessels: a vascular network of underground pipes.
- veinsBlood-return tubes
- arteriesTubes carrying oxygenated blood
- capillariesTiniest blood vessels
- blood vesselsTubes carrying circulating fluid
- bloodBody's oxygen carrier
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vascular networknervous system
Signal transmission network
neural network · skeletal system · muscular system · lymphatic system · respiratory system
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