Disability insurance pays you a partial amount of your regular wages if you become disabled and are unable to work. Monthly benefits usually last for a specific number of years or until you turn age 65. As a rule, benefits stop once you reach your retirement age under Social Security.
1. blood vessel-a vessel in which blood circulates. arteria, arterial blood vessel, artery-a blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the body. vas, vessel-a tube in which a body fluid circulates.
Blood Vessels There are five general classes of blood vessels in the cardio-vascular system: arteries, arterioles, capillaries, venules, and veins (see Figure 5â5). Arteries are elastic vessels that are very strong, able to carry blood away from the heart under high pressure.rteries: Elastic vessels able to carry blood away from the heart under high pressure. Arterioles: Subdivisions of arteries; they are thinner and have muscles that are innervated by the sympathetic nervous system. Atria: The upper chambers of the heart; they receive blood returning to the heart.