Each 2.54 square centimetre (a square inch) of human skin has six metres (20ft) of blood vessels. Veins hold about 65 per cent of the body's blood and have one-way valves tohelp blood move.

Found near every living cell of the body. Microscopic – walls ... cells into the capillaries. Very low blood pressure. The structure of the blood vessels can be easily compared when they are ...

W hen some snakes bite, they can deliver a powerful punch of toxin-filled venom that damages organ systems and can even result in death. Annually, around 400,000 snakebite victims die worldwide. One ...

This short film offers a look at respiration and a tour around the circulatory system and digestive system in the human body, through blood vessels and into mitochondria. There is a detailed ...

Scientists hope body tissues ... deal with circulatory-system problems. One of the companies furthest along is Humacyte, a ...

Gender differences define how the human brain ages, and telltale biomarkers in the blood may be strongly suggestive of ...

It is hoped that charting the types and properties of all human ... our blood vessels”. He added: “By improving our understanding of the different cell types within our circulatory system ...

For example, microfluidic devices can be engineered to replicate the behavior of blood vessels or organs ... communication system between multiple engineered tissues that can replicate the complex ...