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 form a closed circuit of tubes that carry blood from the heart to the body cells and back again. This circuit consists of arteries, arterioles, capillaries, venules, and veins. Blood pressure is the force that blood exerts against the insides of blood vessels.eins: Blood vessels that carry blood back to the atria; they are less elastic than arteries. Ventricles: The lower chambers of the heart; they receive blood from the atria, which they pump out into the arteries. Venules: Microscopic vessels that link capillaries to veins.