THE FACTS ON FILE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF HEALTH AND MEDICINE IN FOUR VOLUMES: VOLUME 2

Volume 2 of the four-volume The Facts On File Encyclopedia of Health and Medicine presents the body systems that nourish, cleanse, and protect the body. These are the systems of cells and fluids and the structures that transport them throughout the body. Though distinct in their functions and purposes, these systems overlap and integrate with one another in inseparable ways. The Cardiovascular System Volume 2 opens with “The Cardiovascular System,” the structures and functions that carry blood throughout the body. An amazing pump— the heart—and miles of blood vessels—the arteries and veins—are the hallmarks of this system that mostly functions without conscious awareness save for the regular rhythm of the heartbeat....