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What structure protects the heart?
The immediate protector of the heart is the pericardium, which is the sac that surrounds the heart. The heart is also protected by muscle, bone, and skin.
What is the sling-like structure that supports the heart?
Pericardium Pericardium
What is the difference between heart structure and parts of the heart?
the heart structure is the way that the heart is built and shaped but the parts of the heart is whats in the the heart and what the heart is made out of.
What is the cell structure in the heart?
The heart cell structure is just like most body cells. It is different in the way it works. It shows autorhythmisty as they beat on their own without nervous system stimulation.
What is your vein?
Typically referred to as a blood vessel. A tube like structure that carries blood to the heart.
Affects the structure or functions of the heart?
Heart Disease
Why are the ribs called rib cage?
Because collectively they enclose the heart and lungs in a cage like structure.
Which structure carries blood to the heart so that the heart has its own supply of oxygen and nutrients to perform its function?
The heart is oxygenated by capillaries surrounding it just like every other organ
What is the smallest animal with a heart?
The smallest animal with a heart is the jellyfish, particularly species like the "miniature jellyfish" (such as those in the genus Eirene). While jellyfish lack a centralized circulatory system and a traditional heart, they possess a simple structure that functions similarly by pumping nutrients and gases through their body. However, if you're considering animals with a more defined heart structure, the heart of a small fish, like the Paedocypris progenetica, might also be considered, as it is one of the smallest vertebrates with a heart.
What heart structure prevents blood from flowing backward?
heart valves
Which structure of the heart acts like a automatic door?
I believe it is the ventricles. It collects and expels blood. It is like an automatic door that closes and shuts itself.
What is the job of a valve?
A structure in a hollow organ (like the heart) with a flap to insure one-way flow of fluid through it
