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Thursday LOVELAND REPORTER-HERALD/Health Line of Northern Colorado February 18, 2010
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strong, hollow muscle that pumps blood throughout the body. It is only about o you know what a the size of a clenched fist healthy heart is? Do and weighs about a pound. you the basics of Every part of the body — how a heart operates? As even the heart muscle — health care organizations needs oxygen and share heart health and disnutrients. ease information during Na• Blood carries oxygen tional Heart Month, the staff and nutrients to every part from the CardioVascular Inof the body. stitute of North Colorado • Blood vessels direct the wants to help you understand heart health basics so flow of blood throughout you can understand every- the body. Healthy blood thing else just a little bit bet- vessels are flexible and smooth. ter. • Blood vessels that carry A healthy heart is a
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oxygen-rich blood to every part of the body are arteries. • Blood vessels that carry oxygen-poor blood back to the heart are veins. • The heart is the pump that keeps blood circulating throughout the body. Each time the heart contracts, it forces blood through arteries. The heart is a two-sided pump. The right side of the heart receives blood from the body that is low in oxygen and pumps it to the lungs. As it flows through the lungs, blood picks up oxygen. This oxygen-rich blood returns to the left side of the heart. The left side pumps this oxygen-rich
blood to every part of the body. The heart has four chambers. Chambers in the upper part of the heart (the right atrium and the left atrium) receive blood and pump it into the lower chambers. The lower chambers (right and left ventricles) pump blood to the lungs and the rest of the body. Valves keep blood moving in the right direction. The valves that separate each of the chambers open with every heart beat and close between beats. They open in only one direction, so that blood flows in one direction and cannot back up.
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