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Interesting Heart Facts• The heart is constantly beating and does not stop. The heart beats
approximately100,000 times a day and about 35 million times a year!
• The body has about six quarts (5.6 L) of blood in it that the heart circulates
throughthe body about three times every minute.
• The heart is located in the center of the chest between the lungs.
• An adult heart is about the size of two fists put together, a child’s heart is
aboutthe size of one fist.
• The main function of a heart is to pump blood through the body.
• The heart has four main chambers: the right atrium, right ventricle, left
atrium,and left ventricle.
• In 1893, the first successful heart surgery was performed by a doctor named
Dr.Daniel Hale Williams.
• In 1967, the first heart transplant was performed from one person to another.
• A stethoscope is an instrument that a doctor uses to listen to your heart to
makesure it isworking right.
• Too much salt each day can make your heart work harder than it needs to
sinceit causes fluids to be retained in your body.