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  2. Circulatory system - Wikipedia

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    In vertebrates, the circulatory system is a system of organs that includes the heart, blood vessels, and blood which is circulated throughout the body. [1] [2] It includes the cardiovascular system, or vascular system, that consists of the heart and blood vessels (from Greek kardia meaning heart, and Latin vascula meaning vessels).

  3. File:Blood vessels-en.svg - Wikipedia

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    English: Diagram of arteries, veins, and capillaries. Also shows cross-sectional area differences. Also shows cross-sectional area differences. Aligned to 720 × 496 px grid.

  4. Blood vessel - Wikipedia

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    Blood vessels function to transport blood to an animal's body tissues. In general, arteries and arterioles transport oxygenated blood from the lungs to the body and its organs, and veins and venules transport deoxygenated blood from the body to the lungs. Blood vessels also circulate blood throughout the circulatory system.

  5. File:Blood vessels (retouched) -en.svg - Wikipedia

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    This image is a derivative work of the following images: File:Blood vessels-en.svg licensed with Cc-by-sa-3.0 2013-03-17T23:12:49Z Kelvin13 720x496 (525710 Bytes) User created page with UploadWizard; Uploaded with derivativeFX

  6. Coronary arteries - Wikipedia

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    Heart failure is caused by chronic oxygen deprivation due to reduced blood flow, which weakens the heart over time. Arrhythmias are caused by inadequate blood supply to the heart that interferes with the heart's electric impulse. The coronary arteries can constrict as a response to various stimuli, mostly chemical. This is known as a coronary ...

  7. Hepatic veins - Wikipedia

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    The right hepatic vein is the longest and largest of all the hepatic veins. It drains the liver segments VI and VII in their entirety, and variably participates in the drainage of segments V and VIII; the extent of drainage of the latter two segments by the right hepatic veins as opposed to the middle hepatic vein and possible variant accessory veins determines the calibre of the right hepatic ...

  8. Vein - Wikipedia

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    Veins (/ v eɪ n /) are blood vessels in the circulatory system of humans and most other animals that carry blood towards the heart.Most veins carry deoxygenated blood from the tissues back to the heart; exceptions are those of the pulmonary and fetal circulations which carry oxygenated blood to the heart.

  9. Inferior vena cava - Wikipedia

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    The inferior vena cava is the lower ("inferior") of the two venae cavae, the two large veins that carry deoxygenated blood from the body to the right atrium of the heart: the inferior vena cava carries blood from the lower half of the body whilst the superior vena cava carries blood from the upper half of