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VASCULAR SYSTEM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The vessels and tissue that carry or circulate fluids such as blood or lymph or sap through the body of an animal or plant
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("vascular system" is a kind of...):
system (a group of physiologically or anatomically related organs or parts)
Meronyms (parts of "vascular system"):
vas; vessel (a tube in which a body fluid circulates)
vascular tissue (tissue that conducts water and nutrients through the plant body in higher plants)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "vascular system"):
water vascular system (system of fluid-filled tubes used by echinoderms in locomotion and feeding and respiration)
portal system (system of veins that carry blood from the abdominal organs to the liver)
lymphatic system; systema lymphaticum (the interconnected system of spaces and vessels between body tissues and organs by which lymph circulates throughout the body)
cardiovascular system; circulatory system (the organs and tissues involved in circulating blood and lymph through the body)
Holonyms ("vascular system" is a part of...):
body; organic structure (the entire physical structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being))
tracheophyte; vascular plant (green plant having a vascular system: ferns, gymnosperms, angiosperms)
Context examples:
Presence of bacterially-infected tissue in the maternal vascular system which originated from a distant site during the antepartum period.
(Antepartum Obstetric Septic Embolism, NCI Thesaurus)
Presence of a blood clot in the maternal vascular system which originated from a distant site during the antepartum period.
(Antepartum Obstetric Thromboembolism, NCI Thesaurus)
Presence of a large air bubble in the maternal vascular system which originated from a distant site during the antepartum period.
(Antepartum Obstetric Air Embolism, NCI Thesaurus)
A Cardiovascular Effect involves a change in the existing function of biologic molecules and complexes, or cellular, cell, or tissue components of the heart and vascular system by which blood is pumped and circulated through the body to provide tissues with oxygen and nutrients and to remove waste products.
(Cardiovascular Effect, NCI Thesaurus)
Cardiovascular Alteration involves a change in the existing function of biologic molecules and complexes, or cellular, cell, or tissue components of the heart and vascular system by which blood is pumped and circulated through the body to provide tissues with oxygen and nutrients and to remove waste products.
(Cardiovascular Alteration, NCI Thesaurus)
Acute hypotension or cardiac arrest, acute hypoxia or coagulopathy in the absence of any other potential explanation related to the presence of amniotic fluid or the fetal debris within the maternal vascular system during the antepartum or intrapartum period.
(Amniotic Fluid Embolism, NCI Thesaurus)
For the experiment, researchers first stripped plant cells from spinach leaves and passed beads the size of human blood cells through the leftover vascular system and seeded the spinach veins with human cells that line our blood vessels.
(Human Heart Cells Grown on Spinach Leaves, VOA News)
Its mission is to further the understanding, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disorders affecting the blood, bone marrow, and the immunologic, hemostatic and vascular systems, by promoting research, clinical care, education, training, and advocacy in hematology.
(American Society of Hematology, NCI Thesaurus)
Arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) are defects in your vascular system.
(Arteriovenous Malformations, NIH: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
It was previously believed that the endothelium, the thin layer of tissue that lines blood vessels, served no other purpose than to act as an inert wrapper of the vascular system, allowing both water and electrolytes to pass in and out of the bloodstream.
(Vitamin D-3 Could 'Reverse' Damage to Heart, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
