Blood vessels: The blood vessels are a network of tubes that carry vital oxygenated blood and nutrients from the heart to the various regions, organs, tissues, and cells of the body and return deoxygenated blood and waste products to the heart and lungs. Blood vessels include arteries, veins, arterioles, venules, and capillaries. Blood vessels consist of layers of various cells and tissues. Some major blood vessels include the aorta, pulmonary artery, pulmonary veins, vena cavae, common carotid artery, common iliac artery, subclavian vein, and femoral vein.
Conditions that can afflict the blood vessels include thrombosis, hypertension, atherosclerosis, heart disease, trauma, embolism, and phlebitis.
The following organs are closely related to the organ: Blood vessels:
The following conditions are related to the organ: Blood vessels:
The following list contains sub-parts of the organ: Blood vessels:
These symptoms are related to afflictions of the organ: Blood vessels:
Condition count: 57 ; see list below.
Organ subtypes: artery (22), vein (7)
Organ types: Circulatory system (151)
Main condition: Blood vessel conditions
Organs: list of all organs
The following list of medical conditions have 'Blood vessels' or similar listed as an affected body part in our database:
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