THE HEART

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Blood flows around the through a network of blood vessels that make up the system.
The heart is a which pushes blood around the body. The heart pumps between 60 -70 beats per minute, which is about 100,000 beats per day.
The heart has chambers.
The top chambers are called the and they collect blood brought to them through .
The lower two chambers are the and their job is to pump blood out of the heart through .
It is important that blood flows in one direction only, so are found inside the heart and in the blood vessels leaving and entering the heart. It is the sound of these heart valves closing that makes the sound we hear as our .
Blood from the hand side of the heart is pumped to the lungs where it picks up oxygen before returning to the heart.
Blood from the hand side of the heart is pumped around the rest of the body before returning to the heart.
This is called a because blood travels through the heart twice as it flows around the body once.
The pumping action of the heart is produced by its thick walls. When these contract is squeezed out and when the muscles relax the chambers fill with blood.