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Aorta
Superior vena
cava Pulmonary artery Pulmonary valve
Pulmonary trunk
Pulmonary Pulmonary vein
artery Aortic valve
Left atrium Tricuspid valve
Pulmonary
Cardiac vein Mitral valve
vein
Right atrium

Coronary
artery

Right ventricle
Inferior vena Right ventricle Left ventricle
cava
Left ventricle
The heart is a combination consisting of two different pumps. The one on the left
pumps oxygenated blood to the body’s organs and tissues, and the one on the
right pumps CO -laden blood to the lungs, causing all the blood in the body to cir-
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culate 1,000 times a day. An adult heart pumps 250 million liters (66,040,000 gal-
lons) of blood over a 70-year life span. (“The Incredible Machine,” National
Geographic Magazine, Washington D.C., 1986, p. 123)

and replaced with oxygen. The left-hand chambers pos-
sess thicker muscles, since they pump at a higher pres-
sure in order to send blood to reach the whole body. The
heart’s most important feature is how it works
non-stop, beating approximately 70 times a
minute, 100,000 times a day, and 40 million times
a year. During the course of an average lifetime, it beats
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more than 2 billion times and pumps enough blood to fill an
average of 100 swimming pools.
Also exceedingly important is that the heart’s inde-
fatigable muscles pump a level of blood that depends on
the prevailing circumstances. During sleep, the heart pumps
approximately 340 liters (90 gallons) of blood an hour, while
during physical activity,—for instance, when running—it