Each square inch of human skin consists of 6m (20ft) of blood vessels. Veins hold about 65 pc of the body's blood and have one-way valves to help blood move. Capillaries, which carry blood to our ...

Laid end-to-end, an adult's arteries, veins and capillaries would stretch for about 100,000 miles - enough to wrap around the world nearly four times. Each 2.54 square centimetre (a square inch ...

Phlebitis: A swelling of veins, phlebitis can cause pain, tenderness, or swelling in the affected area as well as warmth and ...

Lucy Markovic, who rose to fame as the runner-up on "Australia's Next Top Model" in 2015 and later worked with major fashion houses like Versace and Victoria Beckham, has died at the age of 27. Last ...

All blood vessels are specifically structured to perform their function. For example, a capillary is microscopically thin to allow gases to exchange, the arteries are tough and flexible to cope ...