VAN 121: Veterinary Gross Anatomy-II (2+2)

INTRODUCTION

• Angiology is that branch of systematic anatomy, which deals with the organs of circulation.
• The circulatory apparatus comprises of heart and vessels.
• The heart is a central hollow muscular organ, which functions as a force and suction pump, situated in the middle mediastinal space of the thorax.
• It is enclosed in a fibro-serous sac-the pericardium.
• The vessels are named blood and lymph vessels according to the nature of fluid they carry.
• This branch of anatomy is divided into two sections, the blood vascular and lymphatic system.