PHYSIOLOGY
CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGY
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Question
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What heart is about the size and shape of ____
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basketball
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baseball
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toe
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fist
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The shape of the heart is similar to a triangle, rather broad at the superior surface and tapering to the apex (see Figure). A typical heart is approximately the size of your fist. Given the size difference between most members of the sexes, the weight of a female heart is smaller on average than the male’s heart.
Detailed explanation-2: -Your heart is about the size of a clenched fist, and weighs between 300 and 450 g. It lies in the middle of your chest, behind and slightly to the left of your breastbone.
Detailed explanation-3: -The heart is an organ, about the size of a fist. It is made of muscle and pumps blood through the body.
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