Circulatory system of mammals

 The blood circulatory system is the transport system for the mammalian body.
 The circulatory system is responsible for the transport of oxygen and nutrients to cells and for the
transport of N-wastes from cells to the kidney and the transport of carbon dioxide waste from cells
to the lungs.
 The circulatory system provides the link between the external environment and cells.
 The blood circulatory system is the mechanism that delivers nutrients and oxygen to all cells of a
multicellular organism.
 The circulatory system consists of:

1. the heart, a muscular pump that provides the force that moves the blood
2. the vessels — arteries, arterioles, veins, venules — that form the channels through
which blood moves to and from tissues and their cells
3. the capillary networks that provide the sites where material can be exchanged
between the blood and the cells.