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vasculature

vasculature

1 7.8
A network of blood vessels in a person, animal, or plant
  • noun
  • /ˈvæskjʊlətʃər/
  • Specialized
translation icon : vasculatura
  • Answering these questions will be facilitated by the use of new models and approaches to study the cerebral vasculature.

So whatever you can do to take care of your vasculature, your blood vessels, that is the secret to anti ageing.

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Examples

  • The vasculature of human skin is composed of two distinct parts: the nutritional capillaries and the thermoregulatory blood vessels.

    Academic text (1995)
  • The vasculature is the key component of the expanded system of biological facilities and services.

    Academic text (2010)
  • So whatever you can do to take care of your vasculature, your blood vessels, that is the secret to anti ageing.

  • And these structures here are vessels from the pulmonary vasculature and the bronchi associated with the lung.

  • The investigators painstakingly mapped the seal's vasculature, and so discovered a dense network of veins enveloping the seal's testes.

    Academic text (2003)
  • The doctor explained that the patient's recovery depended on the health of their vasculature.

  • Scientists studied the vasculature of the plant to understand its nutrient transport mechanisms.

  • Researchers discovered that the vasculature in tumors is often abnormal compared to healthy tissue.

Synonyms

vascular system
vsvasculature
  • Specialized
3 3.9

A network of tubes in animals and plants that carries blood, water, and nutrients around the body

focuses on the physical arrangement of vessels rather than their circulation function

How Extensive

vasculature
  • Specialized
1 7.8
capillary bed
  • Specialized
5.5

Surface Forms

vasculature singular
vasculatures plural

Morphology

vasculature = vascular (semi-transparent) = vascul + ature

The suffix '-ature' forms nouns indicating a system or arrangement, but this specific meaning may not be immediately clear to all learners.

Etymology

Vasculature comes from the Latin root vas meaning 'vessel' or 'container' and is the same idea as the English word vessel. So vasculature means the system or network of tubes that carry blood through a body.