Heart

1 Used for
2 See for
3 Broader Terms
4 Narrower Terms
5 Facts

Used for

cardiopulmonary system, foramen ovale

See for

cardiac, coronary

Broader Terms

cardiovascular system

Narrower Terms

atrium, coronary vessel, endocardium, heart cell, heart conduction system, heart dimension /size, heart septum, heart valve, heart ventricle, myocardium, papillary muscle, pericardium

Facts

The hollow muscular organ that pumps blood throughout the body.
The heart is a muscular pump that circulates the blood.
Together, the heart, blood, and blood vessels make up the circulatory system responsible for distributing oxygen and nutrients to the body and carrying away carbon dioxide and other waste products.

Post Topic About Heart

user navigation

This page was last modified on 3 June 2007, at 14:57. This page has been accessed 4,816 times.

About Health Encyclopedia

SteadyHealth.com Encyclopedia is a service who provides descriptions and explanations of health related terms. Initially, information in the encyclopedia is mostly generated by artifical intelligence. However link relations between terms are edited by human experts. Thus, every user is encouraged to add non-existent terms in the encyclopedia or to edit parts generated by artifical intelligence(robot). Do NOT edit or delete parts which are not explicitly marked with following label: (generated by robot; please edit if you find it inaccurate). You're free and encouraged to write additional information for any term. To do so, you should first create an account by clicking on the link in the upper right corner. Once you're registered and logged in you may proceed to adding new encyclopedia terms or editing existing one.

More details about adding and editing pages you can find here:

Disclaimer
Some parts of the SteadyHealth.com Encyclopedia are generated by artifical intelligence algorithm. Those parts may not represent actual meaning of the encyclopedia term since artifical intelligence algorithm is not 100% accurate. Generated parts are marked with following label: (generated by robot; please edit if you find it inaccurate). SteadyHealth.com is not liable for accuracy of information provided in the Health Encyclopedia.