- Heart | Structure, Function, Diagram, Anatomy, Facts | Britannica
Heart, organ that serves as a pump to circulate the blood It may be as simple as a straight tube, as in spiders and annelid worms, or as complex as the four-chambered double pump that is the center of the circulatory system in humans, other mammals, and birds
- Heart - Wikipedia
The pumped blood carries oxygen and nutrients to the tissue, while carrying metabolic waste such as carbon dioxide to the lungs [3] In humans, the heart is approximately the size of a closed fist and is located between the lungs, in the middle compartment of the chest, called the mediastinum [4]
- Heart: Anatomy Function - Cleveland Clinic
Your heart is the main organ of your cardiovascular system, a network of blood vessels that pumps blood throughout your body
- How the Heart Works | Congenital Heart Defects (CHDs) | CDC
Blood is carried through the body in blood vessels called arteries and veins The process of moving blood through the body is called circulation Together, the heart and vessels make up the cardiovascular system The heart has four chambers (two atria and two ventricles)
- Heart Anatomy, Function, and Blood Circulation - WebMD
Learn about the anatomy of the heart and how its chambers, valves, and vessels work together to maintain effective blood circulation throughout the body to sustain life
- The heart: Anatomy, how it works, and more - Medical News Today
The human heart is a finely-tuned instrument that serves the whole body It is a muscular organ around the size of a closed fist, and it sits in the chest, slightly to the left of center The
- How the Heart Works - What the Heart Looks Like | NHLBI, NIH
This image shows the four chambers of the heart and the direction that blood flows through the heart Oxygen-poor blood, shown in blue-purple, flows into the heart and is pumped out to the lungs
- Heart anatomy: Structure, valves, coronary vessels | Kenhub
The heart is a muscular organ that pumps blood around the body by circulating it through the circulatory vascular system It is found in the middle mediastinum, wrapped in a two-layered serous sac called the pericardium
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