Arteries and veins are the major blood vessels in your body. Arteries carry blood from the heart, while veins carry blood to the heart. Arteries and veins are two of the body’s main types of ...

In May-Thurner syndrome, the right iliac artery squeezes the left iliac vein when they cross each other in your pelvis. Because of that pressure, blood can’t flow as freely through the left ...

Brendan Docherty, MSc, PGCE, RN, is nurse manager, patient access and nursing services, Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney, Australia This article, the first part of three, explores the normal anatomy ...

While arteries carry blood away from the heart, veins carry blood toward the heart. The arteries operate under higher pressure than other blood vessels, so they are typically thicker and more elastic.

Sacrifice of both internal iliac arteries in addition to the inferior mesenteric artery may lead to bowel necrosis. 15 In the exposure of the upper aorta the inferior mesenteric vein and left ...

The circulation of blood from the heart through arteries and back through veins may seem trivial and obvious now, but William Harvey’s discovery during the 17th century was remarkable because it ...