Circulatory system: Blood vessels. Laid end-to-end, an adult's arteries, veins and capillaries would stretch for about 100,000 miles - enough to wrap around the world nearly four times.

The mammalian circulatory system comprises both the cardiovascular system and the lymphatic system. In contrast to the blood vascular circulation, the lymphatic system forms a unidirectional transit ...

The establishment and maintenance of the vascular system is critical for embryonic development and postnatal life. Defects in endothelial cell development and vessel formation and function lead to ...

In Alzheimer’s disease, amyloid plaques accumulate in the brain. Amyloid protein can also affect the heart and circulatory system - it is deposited in the arteries of virtually everyone over the age ...