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The heart is a major organ of the body that is found in the circulatory system. It pumps blood throughout the blood vessels. Questions related to the heart should be put here.

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Is the blood leaving the left ventricle oxygenated?

yes, blood from the left left atirum will leave the heart through the aorta to the body.

Does Viagra help the heart?

Only in women or prepubecent boys. In men with heart problems, it makes them far worse (since the blood's going elsewhere the heart does not get enough, so it can cause a heart attack).

How do you know if im having a heart attack?

First off, I want to say that sometimes, a heart attack can be asymptomatic, or silent, which means just because you don't have the symptoms doesn't mean you aren't having a heart attack.

Most people experience a crushing feeling in their chest, as if somethings constricting you from the inside, if that makes sense. There can be sweating, nausea, cold hands and feet, and shortness of breath as well.

If you are worried you're having a heart attack, be sure to call 911 right away, because sudden death is not uncommon.

Also, if you've had previous health issues, you're more likely to get a heart attack. Stay safe and happy holidays!

Is congestive heart failure fatal?

normally no. from the time of birth on it is the stimulus for growth,

however in old age you can have failure even at rest

or you can have severe failure ... both can lead to death, quite rapidly.

What is thename of the fluid between the outer layer and middle layer of the heart called?

  • Between the parietal and visceral layers is the pericardial cavity which contains serous fluid--pericardial fluid.
  • The fluid reduces friction between the pericardial membranes when the heart moves within them.

What are the top rated hospitals for Cardiology and Heart Surgery?

According to the US News and World Report rankings, here are the top 10 Adult Cardiology and Heart Surgery hospitals:

  1. Cleveland Clinic (Cleveland, OH)
  2. Mayo Clinic (Rochester, MN)
  3. New York-Presbyterian University Hospital of Columbia and Cornell (New York, NY)
  4. Massachusetts General Hospital (Boston, MA)
  5. Duke University Hospital (Durham, NC)
  6. Northwestern Memorial Hospital (Chicago, IL)
  7. Brigham and Women's Hospital (Boston, MA)
  8. Mount Sinai Hospital (New York, NY)
  9. Johns Hopkins Hospital (Baltimore, MD)
  10. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (Los Angeles, CA)

Why do you have sharp pains from your heart to your left nipple?

The heart does NOT sit in the center of the chest. It actually sits mostly behind your left nipple, but the heart is slightly tilted so a bit is toward the center. However, many things can cause a sharp pain or pains in the chest cavity. One is heartburn. Another is gas pain that radiates upward. A nerve in the ribcage, or even a muscle strain can hurt near or around the heart. These are usually pains that come and go.

If you are over 30 to 40 years old, or older, you should have your doctor check your heart. If you are younger than 30 and play sports, or are overweight, have your doctor check you over.

What materials are skateboards made of?

thedecks r usually made out of maplewood but the almost uberlight iz made out of carbon fiber and maplewood making it lighter the wheels r made of urathane and i think itz pretty obvious wat the trux r made out of

I know that the deck is made out of Michigan Pine, and the wheels can be made of various materials. The trucks are made of steel/iron. -vpq

What instrument measures your heart beat when you go for a run?

A heartrate monitor. Many of them come with a strap that goes along the chest.

How can deoxygented blood reach to heart?

De oxygenated blood enters the heart through the superior and inferior vena cavas. The blood enters the right atrium. It is then pumped into the right ventricle. There is a valve known as the tricuspid valve that separates these two chambers. The blood is then pumped from the right ventricle into the pulmonary arteries. These arteries carry the blood to the lungs.

How does the rib cage and sternum protect the heart and lungs?

They prevent a slight bit of "cushion" to the heart, but no real structural protection. The ribs/rib cage provide the bulk of the protection to the heart (and the lungs, for that matter).

Because the lungs are soft, they cannot stop any significant penetration to the body that might hit the heart, whereas the ribs can provide this function, to an extent.

More times than not, the lungs can actually cause issues for the heart due to a build up of blood or air.

What do you think are the functions of the pyloric valve and the cardiac valve in a pig?

The cardiac sphincter is located at the top of the stomach and controls the direction of food passing through the esophagus so that no food will re enter the esophagus. The Pyloric sphincter stops bile and digested food from entering the stomach, this valve is located at the bottom of the stomach.

What would happen to blood flow when the mitral valve is not working correctly?

This condition is called as mitral regurgitation. Here some of the blood flows back to left atrium. So the left atrium gets dilated and there is also hypertrophy of the left ventricle. The efficacy of the heart is adversely affected. There is diminished cardiac out put. In severe cases, you have left sided heart failure.

What is the name of the cavity that the heart is found in?

The heart is in the thoracic cavity in a part called the mediastinum. It is protected by the pericardium, a membranous sac that surround the heart. The mediastinum is that space in the thoracic cavity between the lungs that contains the heart. It also contains the aorta, esophagus, trachea and thymus.
The pleural cavity is the space in the chest between the lungs.

How does venous blood driven back to the heart?

The heart has four chambers to it, the top two which are pumping oxygenated blood out to the rest of the body, while the bottom two are "sucking" (if you will) the blood back into the heart so it can be re oxygenated.

What is the difference between the muscles of heart and the muscles of leg?

The structure of the leg muscle is similar to the heart muscle in their makeup. There are studies that have shown that leg muscles can be injected into the heart.

Can young people have heart attacks?

Yes they can. It happens very rarely though.

What is the chamber of the heart the pumps blood into the lungs?

It is the right atrium.

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/anatomy/heart/labelinterior/glossary.shtml

"The heart is a fist-sized, muscular organ that pumps blood through the body. Oxygen-poor blood enters the right atrium of the heart (via veins called the inferior vena cava and the superior vena cava). The blood is then pumped into the right ventricle and then through the pulmonary artery to the lungs, where the blood is enriched with oxygen (and loses carbon dioxide). The oxygen-rich (oxygenated) blood is then carried back to the left atrium of the heart via the pulmonary vein. The blood is then pumped to the left ventricle, then the blood is pumped through the aorta and to the rest of the body."

http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/dci/Diseases/hhw/hhw_anatomy.html

"The ventricle on the right side of your heart pumps blood from your heart to your lungs. When you breathe air in, oxygen passes from your lungs through your blood vessels and into your blood. Carbon dioxide, a waste product, is passed from your blood through blood vessels to your lungs and is removed from your body when you breathe out."

http://kidshealth.org/kid/htbw/heart.html

"Your heart is sort of like a pump, or two pumps in one. The right side of your heart receives blood from the body and pumps it to the lungs. The left side of the heart does the exact opposite: It receives blood from the lungs and pumps it out to the body."

What is the tube that leads to the heart?

The arteries and veins are the tubes that are connected to the heart. Arteries carry blood away from the heart, and veins carry blood to the heart.

What is the correct way blood flows through the heart?

Here is a step by step list of how blood flows:

  1. Right atrium
  2. Right ventricle
  3. Pulmonary artery
  4. Lungs
  5. pulmonary vein
  6. Left atrium
  7. Left ventricle
  8. Aorta
  9. Small artery
  10. Capillaries
  11. Small veins
  12. Large Veins
  13. Right atrium

How many chambers are there in the human heart and list their names?

The heart has four chambers, the right and left atriums and the right and left ventricles. The artiums fill with the blood arriving from the body. The ventricles pump the blood out. The right ventricle pumps de-oxygenated blood to the lungs while the left ventricle pumps oxygenated blood to the rest of the body.

What is fourth ventricle?

It forms the central canal of the spinal cord and protects the brain from trauma.

What is pulmonary circuit of the heart?

The pulmonary circuit is powered by the right side of the heart. Its main function is to pump deoxygenated blood which has returned to the heart from the body to the lungs, then back to the heart. The blood is pumped from the heart via the pulmonary artery. The blood is then oxygenated by gas exchange between the alveoli in the lungs and the pulmonary capillaries. The newly oxygenated blood is then returned to the heart by the pulmonary veins, ready to be sent round the body.