The Path of Blood: An Examination of the Mammalian Circulatory System
The heart is known as the organ of life and love, the part of our body that keeps us going on a daily basis. It is red, powerful, and often described as the center of life itself. But there is a whole system and pathway that the blood the heart pumps must travel through. The heart on its own cannot sustain life in the way society often imagines it. Instead, an intricate system surrounds the heart and allows it to play its essential role in the human body. From FreePik The way that blood travels around the human body is called the mammalian circulatory system. Ift is a closed double circulation consisting of a heart, blood, and blood vessels. In other words, blood goes through the heart twice in one cycle and does not leave the boundaries of these vessels. The vessel types in this system are arteries, arterioles, capillaries, venules, and veins. The mammalian circulatory system is a one-way mass transport system of blood that carries essential nutr...
