The circulatory system consists of one heart, five liters of blood, and approximately 96,000 kilometers of blood vessels, responsible for transporting nutrients and waste throughout the body.

Your circulatory system is made up of three parts: the heart, blood vessels and the blood itself. Your heart keeps all the blood in your circulatory system flowing. The blood travels through a ...

Scientists have found that the aorta acts like a 'second heart,' using stretch-and-recoil power to pump blood—revealing a ...

Veins between two capillary networks are portal systems. Closed circulatory system, but fluid constituents of blood leak out of capillaries and return to the heart by the second component of the ...

Ochsner Health and STEM NOLA are joining forces for an educational event focused on the heart and circulatory system, ...