Definitions for "CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM"
The heart and its associated vessels.
consists of the heart, blood vessels, and blood. This system transports nutrients, oxygen, and hormones to cells and removes metabolic waste. It protects the body and regulates body temperature.
The organ system that transports nutrients, dissolved gases, and hormones to tissues throughout the body, and carries wastes to sites of filtration. This system consists of the heart, blood vessels, and blood, and the bone marrow where blood cells are formed.