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