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.

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CT scans are vital for effectively diagnosing problems with bones, muscles, organs and blood vessels ... the body to create images. Both enable highly detailed pictures of the human body to ...

When a patient’s blood vessel is damaged, doctors typically find a blood vessel from another part of the body and graft it to repair blood flow. They turn to artificial vessels when patients are ...

Imagine you're at a dinner party and the person sitting across the table ... blood to the brain is necessary when a patient has an ischemic stroke, characterized by a clot in the blood vessels.

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On one table, arranged as if ... linked by tubes circulating a blood substitute, to test the effect of pathogens, medicines and chemicals on the human body. Jeremy M. Large The ear is one of ...

By James WoodfordA thick, bite-sized piece of chicken fillet has been grown in a lab using tiny tubes to mimic the ...

Most people have 24 ribs, with 12 on each side of the body. No evidence indicates any difference between males and females. The ribs and rib cage are excellent examples of the human body’s ...