Heart:
The main circulatory organ pumping blood through the body
Introduction: Your heart and blood
vessels make up your circulatory (SIR-kyoo-la-TOR-ee) system. Your heart
is a big muscle that pumps blood through your body. Your heart pumps blood
carrying oxygen to large blood vessels, called arteries (AR-ter-eez), and
small blood vessels, called capillaries (KAP-ih-lair-eez). Other blood
vessels, called veins, carry blood back to the heart. 1Condition count:
55
; see list below.
Organ subtypes:pericardium (1), myocardium (0), endocardium (1), sinoatrial node (1), ventricles (2), left ventricle (0), right ventricle (0), left atrium (0), right atrium (0), heart valves (8), mitral valve (3), pulmonary valve (3)
Organ types:Circulatory system (151), Organs (323)
Related organs:aorta (5), superior vena cava (0), pulmonary artery (0), inferior vena cava (0), abdominal aorta
Organs:all organs Diseases list:
The following list of medical conditions
have 'Heart' or similar listed as an affected body part
in our database:
