Circulatory
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- 3 Critical Functions of Blood
- Equalize body's temp; protect body from harmful bacterial and infection; form clots to prevent blood loss
- Blood Vascular System
- System that consists of the heart, arteries, veins, and capillaries for the distribution of the blood throughout the body
- General Circulation
- Process in which blood is carried from the heart, through the body, back to the heart
- External Carotid Artery
- Supplies blood to the front part of the scalp, ear, face, neck, and side of neck
- Red Blood Cells
- Produced in red bone marrow and contain Hemoglobin
- Superficial Temporal Artery
- Supplies blood to the muscles in the side and top of the head
- Superior Labial Artery
- Supplies blood to the upper lip and region of the nose
- Arteries
- Carry oxygenated blood away from the heart to the capillaries
- Common Carotid Artery
- Main supply of blood to the head, face, and neck
- Blood
- Nutritive fluid circulating through the circulatory system
- Heart
- Body's pump
- Frontal Artery
- Supplies blood to the forehead and upper eyelids
- Infraorbital Artery
- Supplies blood to the muscles of the eye
- Middle Temporal Artery
- Supplies blood to the temples
- Internal Carotid Artery
- Supplies blood to the brain, eyes, eyelids, forehead, nose, and internal ear
- White Blood Cells
- Perform the function of destroying disease causing germs
- Circulatory System
- Circulation of the blood through the body by means of the heart and blood vessels
- Hemoglobin
- Gives blood its bright red color
- Right and Left Atrium
- Upper-thin walled chambers
- Veins
- Carry blood containing waste from various capillaries back to the heart
- Angular Artery
- Supplies blood on the side of the nose
- Platelets
- Contribute to blood clotting
- Lymph Vascular System
- System that carries waste and impurities away from the cells
- Facial Artery
- aka (External Maxillary Artery); Supplies blood to lower region of the face, mouth, and nose