Your circulatory system works all day, every day, to pump oxygen throughout your body. There are cardiovascular conditions that can impact this system. Your circulatory system, also known as your ...

You remember how Dorothy, Toto, and the rest of the gang were trying to make their way to see the Wizard of Oz? That’s kind of how veins work in relation to your heart. Your heart is the wizard, and ...

As we introduced this new topic last week, we mentioned that the blood circulatory system comprises the blood itself (red cells, white cells, platelets, liquid plasma, dissolved nutrients, waste ...

Well, the blood has to be kept moving around all the time because it's the body's delivery system. Every possible part of the body has to be supplied with oxygen and food and water, and the veins and ...

There are many different circulatory system diseases, all of which interrupt the complex process of distributing blood around the body. Examples include atherosclerosis, heart attack, and arrhythmia.

The heart is a pump, and the blood goes round, and round, and round all the time. And why does it do that? Why can't it just have a rest? Well, the blood has to be kept moving around all the time ...

The circulatory system is responsible for the delivery of blood, and therefore glucose in the blood, round the body. The different complications of diabetes are a consequence of damage to blood ...