Not just another book on circulatory system physiology, this bookincludes 10 "lectures" that are presented in a light, entertainingstyle, with each lecture building on the previous onemakingit easy for the reader to comprehend the vastly complicatedfunctions of the circulatory system.The author succeeds in telling a clear, interesting story. Thelength of the story has intentionally been kept short; it isneither exhaustively complete nor over-simplified. The story isenriched by details about basic biologic mechanisms and clever waysnature has solved a problem or achieved a result.This book will be a tremendous resource for the student ofhealth science to help him or her understand and organize thetopic; the established professional will appreciate the clarity andsimplicity of the basic information that is sometimes dimmed by aplethora of details; and the general reader will satisfy his or hercuriosity about the circulatory system and how it sustainslife.