Zeah's Heart Project

Because I have family members with heart problems, I was curious to learn about how the humans functions.
Zeah Peralta
Grade 5

Presentation

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Problem

I want to research the human heart, how it functions and the parts.

Method

Resources like, books and the internet.

Research

What is the heart? : 

- The engine of life. 

- It works constantly, and a never pausing organ. 

- Muscle found nowhere else in the human body.

- Delivers rich blood throughout the whole body. 

- Heart is a size of an adult fist.

- Main organ of the whole entire body.

Resource : Understanding Anatomy and Physiology - Gale Sloan Thompson

How does the heart functions? : 

- The heart works to pump blood throught the body.

- The blood gets delivered oxygen - rich blood to organs and the tissues.

- It returns oxygen - poor blood into the lungs.

- Attached to the heart are called atria (singular atrium) and the two lower chambers are ventricles

- Attached to the heart are several large vessels that serve to transport blood and from the heart. 

- Called the great vessels, they include the superior vena and the inferior vena cava, the pulmonary artery, four pulmonary veins and the aorta. 

- To ensure the heart, it has four valves between atrium and its ventricle and another at the exit of each ventricle.

- Each valve is formed by two or three flaps of tissues called cusps or leafets.

Resource : Understanding Anatomy and Physiology - Gale Sloan Thompson.

Conclusion

I learned that the human heart is a critical organ, it pumps blood and delivers oxygen rich blood to all body cells, therefore without a heart no one can live.

Citations

Gale Sloan Thompson : Understanding Anatomy & Physiology 

Tiffany Shepley James, B.S, M.S : Making Anatomy and Physiology Easy

wisewonders.org

Cleveland Clinic : Blood Flow Through The Heart

 

Acknowledgement

Both basically of my parents, like my mom and dad.