ISBN: | 9780190282035 |
Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
Published: | 1 April, 1993 |
Format: | ePub |
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Most of us think about our circulatory system only when something goes wrong, but the amazing story of how it goes right-'magnificently right,' as author Steven Vogel puts it-is equally worthy of our attention. It is physically remarkable, bringing food to (and removing waste from) a hundred trillion cells, coursing through 60,000 miles of arteries and veins (equivalent to over twice around the earth at the equator). And it is also intriguing. For instance, blood leaving the heart flows rapidl
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