CIRCULATORY - CARDIOVASCULAR

Vasculature Leg



Circulatory System:
" INTRODUCTION
" COMPONENTS OF THE CIRCULATORY SYSTEM
" OPERATION AND FUNCTION
" Systemic Circulation
" Pulmonary Circulation
" Additional Functions
" Blood Pressure
" DISEASES AND DISORDERS
" HEART
" BLOOD
Vasculature System:
" Arteries
" Veins
" Capillaries
" Vasculature of the Arm
" Vasculature of the Head
" Vasculature of the Leg
" Vasculature of the Torso

Vasculature of the Leg

The one-way circulatory system carries blood to all parts of your body. This process of blood flow within your body is called circulation. Arteries carry oxygen-rich blood away from your heart, and veins carry oxygen-poor blood back to your heart.

Vasculature Leg

In pulmonary circulation, though, the roles are switched. It is the pulmonary artery that brings oxygen-poor blood into your lungs and the pulmonary vein that brings oxygen-rich blood back to your heart.

In the diagram, the vessels that carry oxygen-rich blood are colored red, and the vessels that carry oxygen-poor blood are colored blue.

World Health Organization