Wiktionary
n. 1 (context physiology English) The parts of a animal body comprising the heart, veins, capillaries and arteries. 2 The parts of a machine responsible for the circulation of some fluid.
WordNet
n. the organs and tissues involved in circulating blood and lymph through the body [syn: cardiovascular system]
Wikipedia
The circulatory system, also called the cardiovascular system or the vascular system, is an organ system that permits blood to circulate and transport nutrients (such as amino acids and electrolytes), oxygen, carbon dioxide, hormones, and blood cells to and from the cells in the body to provide nourishment and help in fighting diseases, stabilize temperature and pH, and maintain homeostasis. The study of the blood flow is called hemodynamics. The study of the properties of the blood flow is called hemorheology.
The circulatory system is often seen to comprise two separate systems: the cardiovascular system, which distributes blood, and the lymphatic system, which circulates lymph. The passage of lymph for example takes much longer than that of blood. Blood is a fluid consisting of plasma, red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets that is circulated by the heart through the vertebrate vascular system, carrying oxygen and nutrients to and waste materials away from all body tissues. Lymph is essentially recycled excess blood plasma after it has been filtered from the interstitial fluid (between cells) and returned to the lymphatic system. The cardiovascular (from Latin words meaning "heart" and "vessel") system comprises the blood, heart, and blood vessels. The lymph, lymph nodes, and lymph vessels form the lymphatic system, which returns filtered blood plasma from the interstitial fluid (between cells) as lymph.
While humans, as well as other vertebrates, have a closed cardiovascular system (meaning that the blood never leaves the network of arteries, veins and capillaries), some invertebrate groups have an open cardiovascular system. The lymphatic system, on the other hand, is an open system providing an accessory route for excess interstitial fluid to be returned to the blood. The more primitive, diploblastic animal phyla lack circulatory systems.
Circulatory System is a psychedelic rock musical ensemble formed by musician/painter Will Cullen Hart, and featuring Derek Almstead, Suzanne Allison, Peter Erchick, John Fernandes, Charlie Johnston, and Heather McIntosh.
Hart, part of the Elephant Six Collective, was one of the lead players in The Olivia Tremor Control. After that group disbanded in 2000, he and most of the other former Olivias, with the exception of Bill Doss (who was focusing on his solo project Sunshine Fix), and Eric Harris, formed Circulatory System. Neutral Milk Hotel's Jeff Mangum also contributed to their albums, but was only briefly part of the touring version of the band.
Their third full-length album, Mosaics within Mosaics, was released on June 24, 2014.
Circulatory System is the first album by the American music ensemble Circulatory System. It was released on August 28, 2001, on frontman Will Cullen Hart's Cloud Recordings label.
Pitchfork Media named Circulatory System the fifth best album of 2001.
The album artwork is based on that of fellow Elephant 6 act The Olivia Tremor Control's debut album Music from the Unrealized Film Script, Dusk at Cubist Castle.
Usage examples of "circulatory system".
Most amputees feel that anything substantially interfering with this mass circulatory system will be disastrous.
His circulatory system is absolutely stable, and his heartbeat and pulse rate are normal.
The suit's circulatory system was still plugged into the jugular and carotid splices.
He had come to some intersection, or maybe it was even the equivalent of Squonk's central pumping organ for the circulatory system.
He did not have to sleep hi that environment -- Bob's circulatory system was amply capable of taking care of the visitor's metabolic wastes as fast as they were formed.
It contained what Morrison thought might be a map of the circulatory system of the neck.
The red cells enable the blood to carry oxygen round the circulatory system and the primary function ofth~ white cells is immunological.
It can wander in and out of the circulatory system at will, concentrating in vast numbers in infected areas of the body.
The thranx organism was exceptionally tough, but very vulnerable to deep cuts and punctures because of their open circulatory system.
The place where his thorax met his upper abdomen rubbed painfully together with each upward step, threatening to crack and expose his semiopen circulatory system.
Several internal organs were damaged and the circulatory system in the legs had collapsed.
The stake, or a consecrated dagger stuck through the creature's heart stops the circulatory system, and decapitation disrupts the central nervous system.