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One Hundred Weird Facts About The Human Body - Interesting Facts For All
Posted By Adam Pick On March 1, 2008 @ 2:36 pm In Heart Anatomy | No Comments
Amy Quinn just sent me this very interesting link to [1] “100 Weird Facts About The Human Body”.
As you would imagine, I zoned in on the random, heart factoids. Here is one fact about the function and [2] anatomy of the heart:
“The human heart creates enough pressure to squirt blood 30 feet. No wonder you can feel your heartbeat so easily. Pumping blood through your body quickly and efficiently takes quite a bit of pressure resulting in the strong contractions of the heart and the thick walls of the [3] ventricles which push blood to the body.”

Click [4] here to read ninety-nine other interesting facts about your body.
Keep on tickin!
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URL to article: http://www.heart-valve-surgery.com/heart-surgery-blog/2008/03/01/one-hundred-weird-facts-about-the-human-body/
URLs in this post:
[1] “100 Weird Facts About The Human Body”: http://www.businesscreditcards.com/bootstrapper/100-weird-facts-about-the-human-body/
[2] anatomy of the heart: http://www.heart-valve-surgery.com/anatomy-of-the-heart-ventricles-atria.php
[3] ventricles: http://www.heart-valve-surgery.com/anatomy-of-the-heart-ventricles-atria.php
[4] here: http://www.businesscreditcards.com/bootstrapper/100-weird-facts-about-the-human-body/
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