Anatomy Human Heart (Understanding Cholesterol)

Anatomy Human Heart (Understanding Cholesterol)
The heart has a heart shape tends conical blunt. The heart of the human body occupies between the two lungs exactly in the middle of the thoracic cavity.

Heart Anatomy

A heart has 4 hollow space. Own heart the size of a postage fist owner.

Human heart is located to the left of the chest, between the lungs, are protected by the rib.


On the outside consists of muscles that contract with each other. These muscles play an important role in pumping blood through the arteries.


The inside of the heart consists of 4 pieces of chamber cavity. The four cavities are divided into 2 parts, namely the right and left are separated by a wall of muscle known as the septum.

On the right and the left is divided again into 2 chambers. Cavity of the upper chambers called atria and two lower chambers called the ventricle which has a role in pumping blood into the arteries.

In accordance with the etymological, the heart of the medical world has a term cardio / cardio. Is derived from the Latin words, cor. Where cast in the Latin meaning: a cavity. As the shape of a hollow muscular heart that pumps blood through blood vessels in a repetitive rhythmic contractions and have consistently.

Also, in medical terms have the meanings cardiac Count something related to the heart. In Greek, the term cardia itself is used for the heart.

The heart space is divided into four chambers.

Right atrium and left the porch that is separated by a septum intratrial,
Right ventricle and left ventricle are separated by a septum interventrikular.