Heart Disease
Inside the heart, there are four clearly separate sections or chambers. The right side of the heart, consisting of the right atrium and right ventricle, receives oxygen-poor blood. On the left side of the heart, the left atrium and left ventricle receive oxygen-rich blood.
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… Weight: Less than .45 Kg (one pound) |
Muscular pump sending blood to all parts of the body though a highly intricate network of blood vessels called capillaries. |
The heart beats on average 70 times every minute and 100,000 times a day without rest. |
Your heart beats more than once a second every day of your life. As blood flows into your heart, the muscles contract, and the blood flows out again. The heart is made of a special muscle, which never tires. This muscles contracts and relaxes 60 to 80 times a minute and during exercise the rate can increase to over one hundred times per minute.
