circulatory system

noun, Anatomy, Zoology

the system of organs and tissues, including the heart, blood, blood vessels, lymph, lymphatic vessels, and lymph glands, involved in circulating blood and lymph through the body.

Origin

1860-65

Examples from the web for circulatory system

Far more serious is the possibility that the clot, or a piece of it, splits off and starts racing round the circulatory system.
His nervous system and his circulatory system were not harmed.
Rotating between hot and cold baths is recommended to stimulate the circulatory system.
Fortunately, the plant's circulatory system is visible from the outside.
His circulatory system fuses with hers, and all of his own organs-except for his reproductive system-shut down.
Unlike the closed circulatory system found in vertebrates, insects have an open system lacking arteries and veins.
Both are delivered to the muscles via blood, by the circulatory system.
They ride the flume of the circulatory system to the liver.
Oceans, in effect, mimic some functions of the human circulatory system.
And she's not through yet: she then reviews a semester's worth of science, including the ins and outs of the circulatory system.

British Dictionary definitions for circulatory system

circulatory system

noun

(anatomy, zoology) the system concerned with the transport of blood and lymph, consisting of the heart, blood vessels, lymph vessels, etc

circulatory system in Medicine

circulatory system n.
The system of structures, consisting of the heart, blood vessels, and lymphatics, by which blood and lymph are circulated throughout the body. Also called vascular system.

circulatory system in Science

circulatory system

(sûr'kyə-lə-tôr'ē)

The system that circulates blood through the body, consisting of the heart and blood vessels. In all vertebrates and certain invertebrates, the circulatory system is completely contained within a network of vessels (known as a closed circulatory system). In arthropods and many other invertebrates, a substance analogous to blood (known as hemolymph) is pumped through vessels that open into the intercellular spaces (in what is known as an open circulatory system). In vertebrates, the lymphatic system is also considered part of the circulatory system.

circulatory system in Culture

circulatory system definition

The system in the body by which blood and lymph are circulated. The parts of the circulatory system include the heart, along with all the arteries, veins, and capillaries. The organs of the lymphatic system are also considered to be part of the circulatory system. Nutrients, oxygen, and other vital substances are carried throughout the body by the blood, which is pumped by rhythmic contractions of the heart. Blood is pumped from the heart to the arteries, which branch into smaller and smaller vessels as they move away from the heart. The blood passes oxygen and nutrients to the cells and picks up waste in the capillaries, then returns to the heart via a system of veins.