Organ: Heart
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. 1
Condition 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:
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Footnotes:
1. excerpt from Keep your heart and blood vessels healthy: NIDDK
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