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The heart may have its own “mini-brain”: a nervous system that controls heartbeat
The human heart beats 60-100 times a minute, without you needing to pay any attention to it. Heart function is controlled by ...
Scientists Have Discovered a “Mini-Brain” Inside the Heart
New research reveals that the heart has its own complex nervous system, or "mini-brain," which plays a critical role in ...
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Amazing Heart Facts
Your heart beats about 100,000 times in one day and about 35 million times in a year. During an average lifetime, the human heart will beat more than 2.5 billion times. Give a tennis ball a good ...
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UNC-Chapel Hill researchers develop revolutionary heart model: A breakthrough with potential to transform cardiac care and research
A team led by researchers at UNC-Chapel Hill have developed an innovative computer model of blood flow in the human heart that promises to transform how we understand, diagnose, and treat heart ...
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KS3 / KS4 Biology: The human heart
This short film is from the BBC series, Inside the Human Body. The 3D footage brings the topic to life and would enhance any lesson on the heart as the images are visually engaging. The real life ...
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Work Performed by the Human Heart Estimated in Horse Powers
In the attempt to calculate the power of the human heart for a given time, we shall arrive at some curious and interesting, not to say astonishing results. Few would credit, at first, the ...