Hert
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The hert or hairt is an organ fund in aw vertebrates. It is a gey strang muscle, aboot the size o a nieve. It pumps bluid throu tubes cried bluid vessels. Its raiglar contractions, or whan the hert thrimmles on the bluid oot intae ither pairts o the bouk.
| Hert | |
|---|---|
 The hert is locatit at the centre o the chest. The muscle mass is greater on the left side an the apex o the hert is pyntit slichtly tae the left. | |
 Anatomical illustration o a human hert | |
| Details | |
| System | Circulatory |
| Artery | Right coronary artery, left coronary artery, anterior interventricular artery |
| Vein | Superior vena cava, inferior vena cava, richt pulmonary veins, left pulmonary veins |
| Identifiers | |
| Laitin | cor |
| Greek | kardía (καρδία) |
| MeSH | A07.541 |
| Dorlands /Elsevier | Heart |
| TA | A12.1.00.001 |
| Anatomical terminology | |
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