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Heart description
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Anatomy
Undergraduate 1
08/28/2012
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Heart
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Mediastinum
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Heart
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average fist
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Heart
pumps:
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5L of blood per minute
Term
Heart
weight:
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average male about 310 g
average female about 225 g
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Heart bottom is apex
(Heart flips 180° just before birth)
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Heart top is base
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Heart shape depends on build of body
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if tall, heart is long; if short or child, heart is short
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