All blood vessels are specifically structured to perform their function. For example, a capillary is microscopically thin to allow gases to exchange, the arteries are tough and flexible to cope ...

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.

RIKEN researchers have developed a detailed cortical layer map of the blood vessels that weave through the brain of macaque ...

Additionally, these changes in HS structure were linked to higher levels of angiopoietin-2, a molecule involved in blood vessel activation and inflammation, suggesting a direct connection between HS ...

Layer by layer, an artificial blood vessel is printed to replicate the strength and stretch of the real thing. Zhu, who recently earned his PhD in manufacturing engineering at ASU, played a central ...