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The power of blood

Compared with the masterpiece crafted by nature, even Leonardo da Vinci's anatomical drawings of the cardiovascular system seem primitive. In creating this system, nature seems to use blood flow as its paintbrush.

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Figure 1: Blood flow shapes the great arteries.

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Snider, P., Conway, S. The power of blood. Nature 450, 180–181 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/450180a

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