Triva: How Many Times Do Your Four Heart Valves Open And Close Each Day?
By Adam Pick on April 11, 2010
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
![Animation Of The Heart Pumping Blood In And Out](https://www.heart-valve-surgery.com/Images/heart-animation.gif)
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