blood vessel

Also known as edder, blood vessels

tubular structure which carries blood

AI overview

A blood vessel is a tube-shaped structure in your body that carries blood throughout your system. Blood vessels matter because they deliver oxygen and nutrients to your organs and tissues, and remove waste products, which is essential for keeping you alive.

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Research

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Blood Vessel Maturation in Health and Disease and its Implications for Vascularization of Engineered Tissues.ReviewCritical reviews in biomedical engineering · 2015Sun X, Evren S, Nunes SSDOI: 10.1615/CritRevBiomedEng.2016016063
Blood vessel growth in benign tumours can illuminate malignant ones.Nature · 2022Santoro HDOI: 10.1038/d41586-022-03136-2
Bioengineered blood vessels.ReviewExpert opinion on biological therapy · 2014Niu G, Sapoznik E, Soker SDOI: 10.1517/14712598.2014.880419
Blood vessel surgery.American journal of surgery · 1953HUGHES CW, BOWERS WFDOI: 10.1016/0002-9610(53)90478-4
Blood vessel surgery.Canadian Medical Association journal · 1953MURRAY G
Blood vessel grafting.Postgraduate medical journal · 1953ROB CGDOI: 10.1136/pgmj.29.335.462
Leptin signaling promotes blood vessel formation in the Xenopus tail during the embryo-larval transition.Developmental biology · 2024Curtis GH, Reeve RE, Crespi EJDOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2024.05.001
Historical Perspective and Future Direction of Blood Vessel Developments.ReviewCold Spring Harbor perspectives in medicine · 2018Dimitrievska S, Niklason LEDOI: 10.1101/cshperspect.a025742

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Wikidata facts

Part of: circulatory system
Has part: tunica intima
Image: Meyers b3 s0084a.jpg
Has use: blood circulation

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contains: blood
Commons category: Blood vessels
topic's main category: Category:Blood vessels

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Encyclopedic overview

Blood vessels are the tubular structures of a circulatory system transporting blood in animal bodies. Blood vessels transport blood cells, nutrients, and oxygen to most of the tissues of a body, and also transport waste products and carbon dioxide away from the tissues. Some tissues – such as cartilage, epithelium, and the lens and cornea of the eye – are not supplied with blood vessels, so are termed avascular.

There are five types of blood vessels: the arteries, which carry the blood away from the heart; the arterioles; the capillaries, where the exchange of water and chemicals between the blood and tissues occurs; the venules; and the veins, which carry blood from the capillaries back towards the heart.

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