{"id":885,"date":"2009-08-04T21:56:02","date_gmt":"2009-08-05T02:56:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/2009\/08\/04\/how-much-blood-moves-through-your-heart-valves-each-hour\/"},"modified":"2019-02-26T21:17:19","modified_gmt":"2019-02-27T02:17:19","slug":"how-much-blood-moves-through-your-heart-valves-each-hour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/2009\/08\/04\/how-much-blood-moves-through-your-heart-valves-each-hour\/","title":{"rendered":"TRIVIA: How Much Blood Moves Through Your Heart Valves Each Hour?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Okay… Ready for some heart anatomy trivia?<\/p>\n

The question is, “How much blood moves through your heart valves in one hour?”<\/p>\n

A. 5 gallons
\nB. 10 gallons
\nC. 50 gallons
\nD. 100 gallons
\nE. 500 gallons of blood<\/p>\n

To find out the answer, scroll below the beating heart.<\/p>\n

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According to the Texas Heart Institute<\/em>, your heart moves about 100 gallons of blood through your body every hour. That is pretty amazing, right?<\/p>\n

If you didn’t know… Blood is pumped through your heart in only one direction. Each of the four heart valves play a key role in managing blood flow through your heart. Your valves – the aortic, pulmonary, tricuspid and mitral valves – open and close with each heart beat.<\/p>\n

As the heart beats, pressure changes behind and in-front of the valves forcing them to open tissue flaps (called cusps or leaflets)<\/a> at just the right time. Then, the valves close tightly to prevent a back-flow of blood, also known as regurgitation.<\/p>\n

Congratulations if you picked answer D, 100 gallons!<\/p>\n

Keep on tickin!
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