The heart is a muscle about the size of your fist. Your heart pumps blood and oxygen to all of the organs and tissues of the body through a network of “pipes” called arteries and veins. The heart ...

It extends from the chest to the abdomen, where it branches (bifurcates) into the iliac arteries. The iliac arteries carry blood to lower parts of the body and to the legs. Sometimes with aging or ...

saphenous vein, tail blood vessels, carotid artery, abdominal aorta, and vena cava. Most techniques (except saphenous vein and tail blood vessel puncture) require anesthesia. The following ...