The Heart
Vessels
Circulation Types
Esthetic Impact
100

The muscular, cone-shaped organ that keeps blood moving.

Heart

100

These tubelike structures include arteries, veins, and capillaries

Blood vessels

100

This circulation carries blood from the heart to the lungs.

Pulmonary circulation.

100

Impaired circulation can cause this type of skin tone.

Sallowness

200

Vagus (tenth cranial) nerveThe nerve that regulates the heart's heartbeat

Vagus (tenth cranial) nerve

200

The largest artery in the human body.

Aorta.

200

This is also known as "general circulation".

Systemic circulation.

200

Condition of the circulatory system that is often a contraindication to treatment.

Impaired circulatory condition.

300

In a normal resting state, the heart beats this many times per minute.

72 to 80 times

300

Small arteries that deliver blood to capillaries

Arterioles

300

The two major systems that ensure constant circulation.

Pulmonary and systemic

300

Why estheticians must understand how blood nourishes cells.

To interpret skin reactions to treatments

400

The primary function of the heart in the circulatory system.


    • Keeping the blood moving.  


400

Tiny, thin-walled vessels that connect smaller arteries to venules

Capillaries.

400

he type of blood transported by arteries.

Oxygenated blood.

400

Estheticians interpret this to understand reaction to treatments

Skin reactions.

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