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It is on your left side.
When you say the Pledge of Allegiance (in America) you place your right hand across your chest over your heart on the left-center of your chest. In anatomical descriptions, right and left are from the perspective of the patient, e g "my right shoulder hurts".
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Is the heart located at the right?
One third of heart is on the right side of the mid line. Two third part lies on the left side.
Why is the heart located on the right side of a chest pa X-ray?
It isn't. In almost everyone, the heart is on the left side of the chest. On a chest x-ray, however, the heart is on the right-hand side of the picture because that is where the patient's left is! It is as if the patient is standing in front of you, facing you... their right is on your left and their left is on your right.
On which side of the human body is the heart located?
The heart is situated in the mediastinum, which is a space between the lungs in the approximate center of your chest behind your breastbone. The heart is actually located more to the left, though, and so the reason you'll feel it beat harder on the left side is because that's where it is. There are, however, congenital birth defects in which the heart is found on the right side of the chest. This is a rare case and the average human will have his/her heart situated more toward the left.
What is dextrocardia?
its when the heart is on the right side of the body and not on the left its when the heart is on the right side of the body and not on the left
Why is the left side of a heart bigger than the other side?
Its not. The heart is located in the center of the thorax directly behind the sternum. the reason it is often though to be on the left hand side is that the left ventricle is considerably bigger than the right and so sits a little further to the left than the right does to the right.
Is it true that all womens have their heart in right side and all men have their heart in left side?
No, it is false. In both sexes the heart is located just behind and slightly to the left of the breastbone.
Which side is your heart on?
Your heart is located on the left.
Wher is the right atrium?
The right atrium is the upper chamber of the right side of the heart. It is located superior to the left ventricle.
Where side of body male heart and female heart?
the heart is in the same position in both males & females...it lies beneath the left breast-approximately.
In women which side heart located?
Left side^Answer1It is actually in the middle of the chest but you can feel the pulse on the left side.^My AnswerThe heart is located in the center of the chest. People think that it is in the left side of the chest, but in reality it is in the center - it is tilted slightly to the left - and the left side generates more pressure - hence the thinking that it is left side.
Does the left side of the heart have oxygen poor blood?
the Right side
Is your heart in the right side or left?
left
