- Fact 2 - The human heart is located
to the left of the middle of the chest
- Fact 3 - It is about the size of
the fist
- Fact 4 - It sends blood around the
body providing it with oxygen and nutrients
- Fact 5 - The heart is like two
pumps in one. The right side receives blood from the body and
pumps it to the lungs. The left side receives blood from the
lungs and pumps it out to the body
- Fact 6 - The parts of the heart
include the :
- Aorta - the large trunk artery that
carries blood from the left ventricle to branch arteries
- Aortic Valve - the valve between
the left ventricle and the aorta; prevents blood from flowing
from the aorta back into the heart
- Right Atrium - the right upper
chamber of the heart that receives blood
- Right Ventricle - the chamber on
the right side of the heart that receives venous blood from the
right atrium and pumps it into the pulmonary trunk
- Tricuspid Valve - situated between
the right atrium and the right ventricle; allows blood to pass
from atrium to ventricle and closes to prevent backflow when the
ventricle contracts
- Pulmonary Valve - situated between
the right ventricle and the pulmonary artery; prevents blood
from flowing from the artery back into the heart
- Pulmonary Artery - carries blood
from the heart to the lungs
- Pulmonary Vein - carries blood from
the lungs to the heart
- Left Atrium - the left upper
chamber of the heart that receives blood from the pulmonary
veins
- Left Ventricle - the chamber on the
left side of the heart that receives blood from the left atrium
and pumps it into the aorta
- Mitral Valve - the valve that
controls blood flow between the left atrium and left ventricle
in the heart
- Fact 7 - The heart of an adult
person pumps about 5 quarts of blood each minute - approximately
2,000 gallons of blood each day throughout the body
- Fact 8 - heart beats about
100,000 times every day
- Fact 9 - An adult woman's heart
weighs about 8 ounces and a man's weighs about 10 ounces
- Fact 10 - 5% of blood supplies the
heart, 15-20% goes to the brain and central
nervous system,
and 22% goes to the kidneys
- Fact 11 - The “thump-thump” of a
heartbeat is the sound made by the 4 valves of the heart closing
- Fact 12 - The word “Atrium” is
Latin for “entrance hall,” and the word “ventricle” is Latin for
“little belly.”
- Fact 13 - The medical term for a
heart attack is myocardial infarction
- Fact 14 - Coronary artery disease,
due to hardening of the arteries, is the most common form of
heart disease and the number one cause of death of both men and
women in the United States
- Fact 15 - Diseases of the heart and
circulatory system are called cardiovascular disease or CVD
- Fact 16 - Cardiovascular disease or
CVD comes in two main forms: Heart Disease and Stroke
- Fact 17 - According to statistics
released by the American Heart Association (AHA):
- Fact 18 - 1 person in 4 suffers
from some form of heart problems and diseases including high
blood pressure, coronary heart disease, angina, heart attacks,
stroke, rheumatic heart disease, congenital cardiovascular
defects and congestive heart failure
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