RT Book, Section A1 Roy, Shaunak A1 Wenceslau, Camilla Ferreira A2 Nazzal, Munier A2 Blebea, John A2 Osman, Mohamed F. SR Print(0) ID 1200675617 T1 Vascular Biology T2 Vascular and Endovascular Surgery: Clinical Diagnosis and Management YR 2024 FD 2024 PB McGraw Hill PP New York, NY SN 9781260462715 LK accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1200675617 RD 2024/04/24 AB Blood vessels are the structural conduits of the circulatory system which allow for the metabolic needs of our bodily tissues to be met. The circulatory system has two divisions: systemic and pulmonary (supplying the lungs) (Figure 1-1). From the heart, oxygenated blood travels through the aorta, arteries, and arterioles and ends in the capillaries with the uptake of oxygen into the tissues and the transfer of deoxygenated blood and metabolic waste out. Deoxygenated blood is then taken up into venules and carried into veins and the venae cavae to return to the heart to again be oxygenated in the lungs.1