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  2. Heavy fuel oil - Wikipedia

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    Wildlife suffering from a tanker oil spill. Tar-like HFO coats and persistently sticks to feathers. The use and carriage of HFO in the Arctic is a commonplace marine industry practice. In 2015, over 200 ships entered Arctic waters carrying a total of 1.1 million tonnes of fuel with 57% of fuel consumed during Arctic voyages being HFO. [10]

  3. List of human anatomical regions - Wikipedia

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    The cranial region includes the upper part of the head while the; facial region includes the lower half of the head beginning below the ears. The forehead is referred to as the frontal region. The eyes are referred to as the orbital or ocular region. The cheeks are referred to as the buccal region. The ears are referred to as the auricle or ...

  4. Composition of the human body - Wikipedia

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    This can be done in terms of the chemical elements present, or by molecular structure e.g., water, protein, fats (or lipids), hydroxyapatite (in bones), carbohydrates (such as glycogen and glucose) and DNA. In terms of tissue type, the body may be analyzed into water, fat, connective tissue, muscle, bone, etc.

  5. Cerebral arteries - Wikipedia

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    Middle cerebral artery (MCA), which supplies blood to the majority of the lateral portion of the brain, including the temporal and lateral-parietal lobes. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It is the largest of the cerebral arteries and is often affected in strokes [ 4 ]

  6. Central arteries - Wikipedia

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    The anterolateral central arteries or lenticulostriate arteries [3] (also anterolateral perforating arteries, anterolateral ganglionic arteries, striate arteries, or lateral striate arteries; latin aa. centrales anterolaterales, [4] or aa. lenticulostriatae [4]) are a group of small arteries mostly arising from (the initial M1 part of) the middle cerebral artery that enter the brain through ...

  7. Hydrofluoroolefin - Wikipedia

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    Chemical structure of 1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene (HFO-1234ze) Hydrofluoroolefins (HFOs) are unsaturated organic compounds composed of hydrogen , fluorine and carbon . These organofluorine compounds are of interest as refrigerants .

  8. Circulatory system - Wikipedia

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    The first part of the systemic circulation is the aorta, a massive and thick-walled artery. The aorta arches and gives branches supplying the upper part of the body after passing through the aortic opening of the diaphragm at the level of thoracic ten vertebra, it enters the abdomen. [16]

  9. Middle cerebral artery - Wikipedia

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    Areas supplied by the middle cerebral artery include: The bulk of the lateral surface of the hemisphere; except for the superior inch of the frontal and parietal lobe (anterior cerebral artery), and the inferior part of the temporal lobe. Superior division supplies lateroinferior frontal lobe (location of Broca's area i.e. language expression)