of blood vessels. Veins hold about 65 per cent of the body's blood and have one-way valves tohelp blood move. Capillaries, which carry blood to our tissues, are one-tenth the thickness of a human ...

Trauma to the eye or head: The pressure of direct head trauma can cause capillaries (tiny blood vessels) in your eyes to ...

Scientists have used an artificial circulatory system to create lab-grown chicken, which may improve its texture ...

All blood vessels are specifically structured to perform their function. For example, a capillary is microscopically thin to allow gases to exchange, the arteries are tough and flexible to cope ...

Inflammation of the tiny blood vessels, called the capillaries, in the skin and frequently in the kidneys, resulting in skin rashes, especially over the buttocks and behind the lower extremities.

While medical centres use ultrasound daily, so far this technology is not capable of observing body tissues at the scale of cells. Physicists from the University of Technology Delft (The ...

The interaction between the brain and the vascular system could hold the key to lowering disease risk. According to the ...

View Full Profile. Learn about our Editorial Policies. The lymphatic system is a network of branching vessels that regulate fluid balance and support the immune system. Its smallest capillaries, ...