Kids Science Experiments - Heart Facts
Your Heart
~ The muscle in the walls of your heart contracts regularly.
~ Blood is pumped around your body as your heart muscle contracts.
~ Your heart is located in the middle of your chest.
~ Your rib cage protects your heart.
~ The right side of your heart is smalled than the left side.
~ Your heart has four chambers.
~ Your clenched fist is about the same size as your heart.
~ The left and right sides of the heart are separated.
~ De-oxygenated blood is received by the right hand side of your heart.
~ Oxygenated blood is received by the left hand side of your heart.
~ Blood leaves your heart in arteries, which have thick walls.
~ Blood is returned to your heart in veins, which have thin walls.
~ Arteries and veins are called blood vessels.
~ Pulses can be felt from each beat on the left hand side of your heart.
~ Your heart beats an average of 70 beats per min (bpm).
~ At rest, it takes 6 seconds for blood to be pumped around your body and back to your heart.
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