vascular system
Body's fluid highways
The vascular system is the network of vessels that transports fluids through an organism.
In animals, this means blood vessels—arteries, veins, and capillaries—carrying blood to and from the heart.
In plants, it's the xylem and phloem that move water and nutrients.
The surgeon specializes in diseases of the vascular system.
- heart rateCardiac contractions per minute
- blood pressureCirculatory force measurement
- aortaChief arterial trunk
- arteriesTubes carrying oxygenated blood
- phloemPlant sugar-transport tissue
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- branchingbranching, dendrite, dendrites, dendritic, tree root
- blood vesselsarteries, artery, vein, veins, capillaries
- plant physiologyphotosynthesis, transpiration, germination, stomata, respiration
- anatomy modelsbrain model, skull, skeleton, anatomical model, anatomy poster
- circulationblood, circulation, arteries, veins, bloodstream
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