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Yes. When the Aztecs sacrificed people, they cut out the heart and held it beating, to the sun.

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Can a heart beat outside of the body?

No, a heart cannot beat outside of the body because it requires the body's systems and support to function properly.


How long can a heart beat outside the body before it becomes nonviable?

A heart can typically beat outside the body for about 4-6 hours before it becomes nonviable.


Where on your body could you check your heart beat?

Neck, left upper chest, wrist


Why does my throat have a heart beat Had my tonsils removed 5 days ago and now my throat has like a heart beat to it.?

Your entire body has a heart beat. The heart beat is your heart ... beating ... it is pumping blood to every part of your body. You just never paid attention to your body before evidently.


What is the external heart of honor?

When a heart is outside the body, and the body dies.


Why can't our heart stops beating even for 3-5 seconds?

Unless stopped by "outside forces" the heart will continue to beat on at a quick enough rate to force blood through the body. If that blood were to stop, even for a few seconds, the effects could be devastating. Blood makes possible many of the bodily processes necessary to live, including breathing. The heart without any disturbances of that "outside" nature (leave you to imagine what out of many possibilities could cause a heart to stop) will always beat on at a fast rate so that no part of the body goes without the very life essense of humans, blood.


Why does the heart beat without being connected to the body?

The heart is connected to the body, it is an integral organ.


How the heart beat?

To pump blood through the body


Does a human heart beat if removed from the body?

Yes it does


Which part of our body tells our heart to beat?

The heart itself tells the heart to beat. It contains a small cluster of nerves that act as a biological "pacemaker".


How does an insect's heart beat?

An insect's heart is a tube-like structure that runs along the insect's back and pulsates to pump hemolymph (insect blood) through its body. Contractions of muscles surrounding the heart cause it to beat and circulate nutrient-rich hemolymph to the insect's tissues.


What is an example of a involuntary body function?

Heart beat,peristalsis