circulatoryadjective
/ˌsɜː.kjəˈleɪ.tər.i//ˈsɝː.kjə.lə.tɔːr.i/relating to the system that moves blood through the body and that includes the heart, arteries, and veins
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The circulatory system & blood
- Abo
- accessory pathway
- antigen
- atrioventricular
- auricular
- blood donor
- blood sugar
- corpuscle
- erectile
- intravenous
- mediastinal
- microvascular
- myocardial
- myocarditis
- myocardium
- palpitate
- pressure point
- pulse
- Rh factor
- semilunar valve
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Examples from literature
- A number of organs working together for the same purpose form a system. The chief systems of the body are the digestive system, the circulatory system, the respiratory system, the muscular system, and the nervous system.
- Additional causes are found in the circulatory disturbances in the pelvic organs, whereby the outflow of blood from the pelvic vessels is hindered a chronic congestion in the uterine vessels is produced.
- Being "in shock" means that a person's circulatory system is not working properly, and not enough blood is getting to the vital centers of his brain and spinal cord.
- Ethnic groups like the Danes, who eat enormous quantities of cholesterol-containing foods, have little circulatory disease.
- Plants have a low degree of sensibility, limited motion, respiratory and circulatory organs.