The Visible Heart

This animation focuses on the gross anatomy of the human heart. The model of the heart is semitransparent, allowing you to see through the thick cardiac muscle into the four heart chambers.

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Right heart with blood : MOV   |   Download: MOV
Left heart with blood: MOV   |   Download: MOV
Left heart valves: MOV   |   Download: MOV
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Heart Function

The job of the human heart—in fact of all vertebrate hearts—is to pump oxygenated blood throughout the cells of the body and to return deoxygenated blood to lungs or gills for replenishment

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