Is there any connection between heart and love? Heart is an amazing organ of the human body. We would have no chance of living if it stop beating. Beating heart is symbol of life. Heart starts beating before our birth and continue to do so until death. Ok, let me tell you that the shape of human heart is completely different from the one that we see in movies and songs. Check out these facts about human heart to impress your loved one.

Heart Energy can Drive Truck

Would you believe the amount of energy a heart produces during one day is sufficient to drive a truck for 12 miles?

Beliefs of Ancient Egyptians about Heart

Do you think the heart can move inside the body? Well, ancient Egyptians thought that the heart has the ability to move inside the body. How weird?

Heart Size of Females

The male heart is 25 percent bigger than the female heart. So to ensure correct supply of blood around the body, the female heart beats six times faster than male heart.

Number of cells in the Heart of Newborn

The size of the heart of newborns may be small but the number of cells in their heart is equal to the adult’s heart. However, the difference comes in size. Baby’s heart cells are one-sixth of the size of adult heart cells.

Sound of Heart

Heart produces a specific sound “thump-thump”. This sound is produced by the opening and closing of valves of the heart.

How many times the heart beat in a year?

Normal human heart beats about 80 times a minute. It means the human heart beats 115,000 times a day. In a year the human heart beats 42 million times.

Heart Attack Day

Monday is the most notorious day of the week where a person is most likely to have a heart attack. Heart attacks also happen on Christmas days.

Babies Heart Beat Fast

The heart of babies beat faster than adults. Their hearts beat from 70 to 190 times per minute. The hearts of babies start to beat after four weeks of conception.

Chance to Survive Heart Attack

According to scientists, there is less chance of survival from a heart attack. There is one in three chances that a person will get through a heart attack.

Month of Heart Attack

In the United States, February is celebrated as American heart month to raise awareness of heart diseases. Heart. Most deaths reported in the United States each year are due to heart attack.

How much blood does the heart pumps?

Human heart pumps a massive amount of blood each day. It pumps 2,000 gallons of blood in a day.

It can beat outside the body

Yes! That’s right. Human heart can beat outside the body because of its own electrical pulses. But oxygen is necessary for the heart to continue beating when outside the body.

Origin of Heart Symbol

Ancient Greeks and Romans used Silphium to garnish and season food. Most probably the heart symbols came from the plant Silphium. The shape of the bean of Silphium is like a heart.

Sneezing  

Sneezing doesn’t stop your heart from beating.

Largest Heart

Blue Whale’s heart is the largest of all hearts in the world. The weight of a blue whale’s heart is 1,500 pounds.

Laughing is good for heart

Laughing helps in reducing stress from the heart. It also aids in boosting the immune system.

Supply Blood to Each Cell

There are 75 trillion cells in the human body. Each of these cells receive blood supply from the heart.

First Open-Heart Surgery

First ever open-heart surgery was performed in 1893 by Dr. Daniel Hale Williams.

Heart Beat can mimic Music

When you listen to music, your heart beats try to mimic the beats of music.

Aorta is the largest artery of heart

Aorta is the largest artery of the heart which supplies blood to the neck, shoulders and head. Its size is as large as a hosepipe.

Chambers of Heart

There are four chambers of the human heart; left atrium, right atrium, left ventricle, and right ventricle.

Pacemaker Implant

The electrical pulses produced by the heart are sometimes weaker. So pacemakers, devices that produce artificial pulses, are implanted to help the heart continue its proper functioning. The first successful implant of a pacemaker was performed in 1958 in Sweden.

What is Cardiology?

The study of the human heart and disease related to it is called cardiology.

Leading Cause of Death in Americans  

Research showed that heart attack is the leading cause of death in America. Every 37 seconds one person dies of heart failure.

Invention of Electrocardiograph

Electrocardiogram was invented in 1903 by Willem Einthoven. Electric current of the heart is measured by electrocardiograph.   

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