How to Use circulatory system in a Sentence

circulatory system

noun
  • Think about the role your heart plays at the center of your circulatory system.
    Ron Carson, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2021
  • The stream, a key part of the ocean's circulatory system, is at its weakest in more than 1,600 years, research shows.
    Doug Criss, CNN, 12 Apr. 2018
  • And there can be long-term effects from the disease, such as damage to the brain, lungs, heart and circulatory system.
    USA Today, 11 Dec. 2020
  • The staff is hoping to perform a CT scan to learn more about the turtle’s circulatory system.
    From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 15 Oct. 2021
  • What kept that body going while alive was the blood in its circulatory system.
    Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Aug. 2023
  • Much of the stress is on the heart and circulatory system, with blood volume surging by 30 percent to 50 percent, and the heart growing to pump more blood.
    BostonGlobe.com, 8 Oct. 2022
  • Roaches breathe through the small holes in their body segments and have an open circulatory system.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 24 Jan. 2024
  • Surgically joining the circulatory system of an old mouse to that of a young mouse allows the old mouse to live longer.
    Rachel Cusk, Harper's Magazine, 20 Sep. 2023
  • It’s in the days that follow that the pain of the second, lodged smack-bang in the middle of your chest, spreads through your circulatory system, infecting every part of your body.
    refinery29.com, 13 Dec. 2021
  • The heart acts as a powerful pump that generates the force necessary to move the blood around the circulatory system.
    Svenja Lohner, Scientific American, 15 Aug. 2019
  • Although the piece does call to mind the subway, Schein was inspired by a less likely source: the human circulatory system, with the subway lines as veins.
    Jennifer Nalewicki, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Sep. 2020
  • This quick workout is designed to build heat in the body and stimulate the circulatory system, which brings more blood flow and oxygen to the muscles, joints and tissue.
    Chloe Kernaghan, Time, 10 July 2018
  • Down in the coldest recesses of the deepest oceans, Earth’s circulatory system is pumping the brakes.
    Stephen Robert Miller, Discover Magazine, 11 Dec. 2023
  • Your circulatory system, which propels blood throughout your body, is a work of art.
    Korin Miller, SELF, 27 Jan. 2018
  • This stretch of water, the Labrador Sea, has long been considered a critical junction in the global circulatory system of the world's oceans.
    Evan Lubofsky, Wired, 18 Feb. 2020
  • The condition strains a woman’s heart and circulatory system: Blood volume increases up to 50%, the heart works harder and the heart rate goes up.
    Roni Caryn Rabin, BostonGlobe.com, 28 May 2023
  • From there, the circulatory system passes each nutrient to different parts of the body to be stored or used as needed.
    Daryl Austin, USA TODAY, 9 Aug. 2023
  • In many types of anglerfish, the male fuses to the female, sharing her circulatory system and trading sperm for food.
    Dana Goodyear, The New Yorker, 24 Jan. 2022
  • Also weird: Shrimp have an open circulatory system, so their organs just float in blood.
    Olivia Muenter, Woman's Day, 12 May 2022
  • Aquarius rules the ankles as well as the circulatory system.
    BostonGlobe.com, 15 Aug. 2020
  • Doing these things keeps your blood flowing well through your circulatory system, which is key to staying healthy.
    Svenja Lohner, Scientific American, 15 Aug. 2019
  • Those toxins cannot be washed off, as they’re absorbed into the plant’s circulatory system.
    Margaret Lauterbach, idahostatesman, 21 Mar. 2018
  • The Science: Researchers conjoined the circulatory systems of young and old mice, a process called parabiosis.
    Gregory Barber, WIRED, 27 Mar. 2018
  • At the same time, analysts say, much of Bitcoin’s circulatory system runs on BNB.
    Shawn Tully, Fortune, 28 Mar. 2023
  • Any chemicals floating around in the circulatory system can emerge in sweat—the good stuff like glucose and hormones and the unwelcome stuff like heavy metals and urea.
    Sarah Everts, WSJ, 17 July 2021
  • Vascular health relates to the health of your circulatory system, or the system of blood vessels within your body.
    Maggie O'Neill, Health, 24 July 2023
  • With her circulatory system failing, the ECMO machine was choking without enough blood to run through the pump.
    Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2021
  • The condition strains a woman’s heart and circulatory system: Blood volume increases up to 50 percent, the heart works harder, and the heart rate goes up.
    Roni Caryn Rabin, New York Times, 28 May 2023
  • This woman’s circulatory system visually mimics the riverbed from the map, while another nearby drawing shows a mouth whose tongue becomes a river.
    Harrison Jacobs, ARTnews.com, 3 Sep. 2019
  • Pregnant women have higher demands placed on their circulatory system because their bodies produce more blood.
    Amudalat Ajasa, Washington Post, 16 July 2024

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