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How The heart Works

The heart is the engine or pump for the body. It never stops pumping blood around the body's one way
system. The heart is a stretchy bag of muscle, roughly the size of your fist, which beats about 70 times
a minute. It weighs less than half a kilogram, yet it can pump thousands of litres of blood through
your body every day. 

The heart has four main compartments. Blood is pumped around the body by the heart. First it sends
blood without oxygen to the lungs to get oxygen. A network of tubes called arteries and veins carry
the blood around the body. Artery take blood away from the heart. Most veins have valves to keep the
blood flowing back to the heart. 

It then pumps the blood containing oxygen around all the other parts of the body. As a result, the
blood returns to the heart to start the process of getting oxygen all over again. It is easy to find places
on the body where you can feel a pulse. This is the beat of blood as it rushes through veins and
arteries. The wrist is a good place to try.

In conclusion, your heart works like a pump which provides nutrients to every organ, tissue, and cell
throughout your body. In turn, your cells dump waste products, like carbon dioxide, back into your
blood to be returned to your heart.

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