{"id":856,"date":"2026-06-08T02:29:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T06:29:14","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2026-06-08T02:29:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T06:29:14","slug":"arterial-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/c2creset.ondigit.us\/?p=856","title":{"rendered":"Arterial System"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 102, 153);\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">The Arterial System<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Our body&#8217;s circulatory system is vital for sustaining life. Its functioning  is responsible for the delivery of oxygen and nutrients to all cells, as  well as the removal of carbon dioxide and waste products, the  maintenance of optimum pH, and the circulation of proteins and cells of  the <a href=\"?p=923\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\">immune system<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">The arterial system is the higher-pressure portion of the circulatory system. Arterial pressure varies between the peak pressure during heart contraction, called the systolic pressure, and the minimum, or diastolic pressure between contractions, when the heart expands and refills. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">This pressure variation within the artery produces the pulse which is observable in any artery, and reflects heart activity. Arteries also aid the heart in pumping blood. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Arteries (from Greek \u00e1\u00bc\u20ac&rho;&tau;&eta;&rho;\u00ce\u00af&alpha; (art\u00c4\u201cria), meaning &quot;windpipe&quot;) are blood vessels that carry oxygenated blood away from the heart to the tissues, except for pulmonary arteries, which carry blood to the lungs for oxygenation. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">The other exception are the umbilical arteries. <\/span><\/span>The veins carry oxygen-depleted blood to the heart.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">The pulsating effect from the arteries muscular wall acts as a pump to push blood in the veins up the body against gravity.<\/span><\/span> <span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">The heat from the arteries is transferred to the blood in the veins, thus making it easier for the body to maintain heat.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"?p=376\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">read more &#8230;<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Arterial System Our body&#8217;s circulatory system is vital for sustaining life. Its functioning is responsible for the delivery of oxygen and nutrients to all cells, as well as the removal of carbon dioxide and waste products, the maintenance of optimum pH, and the circulation of proteins and cells of the immune system. 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