CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cardiovascular system mean? 

• CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM (noun)
  The noun CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM has 1 sense:

1. the organs and tissues involved in circulating blood and lymph through the body

  Familiarity information: CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The organs and tissues involved in circulating blood and lymph through the body

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

cardiovascular system; circulatory system

Hypernyms ("cardiovascular system" is a kind of...):

vascular system (the vessels and tissue that carry or circulate fluids such as blood or lymph or sap through the body of an animal or plant)

Meronyms (parts of "cardiovascular system"):

liver (large and complicated reddish-brown glandular organ located in the upper right portion of the abdominal cavity; secretes bile and functions in metabolism of protein and carbohydrate and fat; synthesizes substances involved in the clotting of the blood; synthesizes vitamin A; detoxifies poisonous substances and breaks down worn-out erythrocytes)

heart; pump; ticker (the hollow muscular organ located behind the sternum and between the lungs; its rhythmic contractions move the blood through the body)

blood stream; bloodstream (the blood flowing through the circulatory system)

lymph (a thin coagulable fluid (similar to plasma but) containing white blood cells (lymphocytes) and chyle; is conveyed to the blood stream by lymphatic vessels)

blood vessel (a vessel in which blood circulates)

vein; vena; venous blood vessel (a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart)

venation; venous blood system ((zoology) the system of venous blood vessels in an animal)

lymph gland; lymph node; node (the source of lymph and lymphocytes)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cardiovascular system"):

fetal circulation; foetal circulation (the system of blood vessels and structures through which blood moves in a fetus)

Holonyms ("cardiovascular system" is a part of...):

body; organic structure (the entire physical structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being))

 Context examples 

A domain for physiological findings related to the cardiovascular system, including the heart, blood vessels and lymphatic vessels.

(Cardiovascular System Findings Domain, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

A subject domain utilized for the submission of information encompassing and representing data, vocabulary or records related to cardiovascular system findings.

(Cardiovascular System Findings Domain, NCI Thesaurus)

Symptoms, physical examination results, and/or laboratory test results related to the cardiovascular system.

(Cardiovascular System Finding, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 3 protein, plays a role in the development of the embryonic cardiovascular system before the emergence of lymphatic blood vessels.

(FLT4 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

It is also involved in nitric oxide-mediated signal transduction in the cardiovascular system.

(GUCY1B2 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

Nitric oxide (NO) has a number of important physiological actions in the cardiovascular system.

(Nitric Oxide Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

Metastasis that involves transfer of malignant cells via the cardiovascular system from one organ or part to another that is not directly connected with it.

(Intravascular Metastasis, NCI Thesaurus)

It also plays a role in nitric oxide-mediated signal transduction in the cardiovascular system.

(GUCY1B3 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

Study of the functions and activities of the cardiovascular system as a whole or of any of its parts.

(Cardiovascular Physiology, NCI Thesaurus)

Patient complaints (symptoms), physical/laboratory findings(signs) related to the cardiovascular system.

(Cardiovascular Manifestation, NCI Thesaurus)