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 ...

Laid end-to-end, an adult's arteries, veins and capillaries would stretch for about 100,000 miles - enough to wrap around the world nearly four times. Each 2.54 square centimetre (a square inch ...

Medically reviewed by Soma Mandal, MD Petechiae are tiny red, purple, or brown spots on your skin, inside of your mouth, or ...

A vascular malformation is a type of birthmark, or congenital (present at birth) vascular growth, made up of arteries, veins, capillaries or lymphatic vessels. There are several different types of ...

Scientists have developed a new method called ESCAPE, which is engineered sacrificial capillary pumps for evacuation ...

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 ...