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The heart
Fernando valdovinos
• In an average lifetime, the heart beats more than two and a half billion times, without ever pausing to rest. the heart provides the power needed for life.
anatomy of the heart
The heart facts
• The heart weighs between 7 and 15 ounces
• It pumps over 100,000 times in a day over 2,000 liters of blood
• Your heart is located between your lungs in the middle of your chest
• Cholesterol and high blood pressure can cause heart attacks
• heart attack usually occurs when a blood clot blocks the flow of blood through a coronary artery
• Obesity, high-blood pressure and high blood cholesterol can increase the risk of developing heart disease.
• There are four chambers in the heart
• Two atria • Two ventricles