Hearty Facts

• Posted by Evert Chris Dimalanta February 4, 2014 - Filed in Arts & Culture - ##heart #love  - 923 views

  

   

  The human heart is not just an organ. Well, there is more to it. You can learn more about it by reading this cool facts about the human heart. Enjoy reading folks!

   

  1. When a person is afraid and his heart races, it goes pumping about one gallon of blood per minute to about five gallons.

  2. A woman’s heart typically beats faster than a man’s. The heart of an average man beats approximately 70 times a minute, whereas the average woman has a heart rate of 78 beats per minute.

  3. The term “heartfelt” originated from Aristotle’s philosophy that the heart collected sensory input from the peripheral organs through the blood vessels. It was from those perceptions that thought and emotions arose.

  4. During an average lifetime, the heart will pump nearly 1.5 million barrels of blood—enough to fill 200 train tank cars.

  5. A man’s heart weighs about 10 ounces, while a woman’s heart weighs approximately 8 ounces.

  6. Your system of blood vessels — arteries, veins and capillaries — is over 60,000 miles long and would stretch around the world more than twice!

  7. Regular exercise can strengthen your heart and cardiovascular system and improve circulation, helping your body use oxygen better and lower blood pressure.

  8. Most heart attacks occur between the hours of 8 and 9 AM with Monday being the most "popular" day.

  9. The heartbeat (lub-dub sound) is the produced by the closing of the atrioventricular valves.

  10. In an average lifetime, a human heart will beat almost three billion times.