Triva: How Many Times Do Your Four Heart Valves Open And Close Each Day?
Okay, here's our heart valve trivia question for the day:
How many times do your four heart valves open-and-close every day?
A. 4,000
B. 40,000
C. 400,000
D. 4,000,000
According to The Cleveland Clinic, your heart beats about 100,000 every day. Considering there are four valves in the heart, which open-and-close with each heart beat, the answer is... 400,000.
To see how the heart valves open-and-close, watch this video titled, "How The Heart Works".
Keep on tickin!
Adam
Written by Adam Pick
Patient & Website Founder
Written by Adam Pick - Patient & Website Founder
Adam Pick is a heart valve patient and author of The Patient's Guide To Heart Valve Surgery. In 2006, Adam founded HeartValveSurgery.com to educate and empower patients. This award-winning website has helped over 10 million people fight heart valve disease. Adam has been featured by the American Heart Association and Medical News Today.
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