Happy Valentine's Day! Fun heart facts

 By the time a fetus is 12 weeks old, its heart  has pumped ____pints of blood a day

Blood enters the heart here

After the right atrium blood then goes here.

 a healthy heart pumps about ________ gallons of blood each day

Who has the largest heart of any mammal?

The average adult heart beats _________ times a day

Blood travels through approximately  ___________of blood vessels each day

The heart weighs an average of?

How many cards are purchased on Valentine's day?

Conversation hearts officially became heart shaped when?

The _____________, which is a kind of wasp, has the smallest heart of any living creature.

Sneezing stops your heart

Lastly the blood goes from the left atrium to the left ventricle

The “thump-thump” of a heartbeat is the sound made by the _________of the heart closing

Heart disease is the number 1 cause of death in the US

In the human body, this is the ONLY thing that does NOT receive a blood supply

True or false:   The heart has its own electrical impulse.  

The ______ has a lopsided heart, with their left ventricle being thicker than the right.

The heart pumps oxygenated blood through the __________ (the largest artery)

A developing baby's heart can be detected at how many weeks?

Oxygen rich blood is carried away from the heart by this

This is good for your heart! It reduces stress and gives a boost to you!

The first successful heart transplant ( surviving 18 days) was in _____________

 The heart can  beat when separated from the body, as long as it has a supply of oxygen

A woman’s heart beats slightly faster than a man’s heart

The average size of a human heart is the same as....

When was the first open-heart surgery? It was performed by Daniel Hale Williams, an African-American

The Study of the heart is called this

The heart while beating can squirt blood approximately this far

This harmful drug  affects the heart’s electrical activity and can cause heart attacks