The cardiovascular system essentially consists of the heart, a network of hollow blood vessels (called arteries, veins and capillaries) and the blood that fills them. In simplistic terms, the cardiovascular system conveys food and oxygen to every one of the 500 million million or so cells in the body, and dispatches waste products from the body's cellular metabolism, to the appropriate organs for removal. Understanding how high blood pressure develops makes it a good idea to at least understand how the mechanics of this marvellous system works. The mechanical aspect of how blood is mobilised through the cardiovascular system may be likened to how gasoline is moved in the fuel system on your automobile. The gasoline is stored in the tank at one end of the vehicle. The View the rest of this article
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