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Here are 10 cool facts about the human heart.

The heart works so hard, and yet we all too often take it for granted. Well, it’s high time for a shout out.

Here are 10 facts about the vital organ.

Number 10. Your heart doesn’t stop when you sneeze. One’s soul isn’t expelled from the body at that time, either. Both are part of an ancient myth, the origins of which have proven difficult to trace

Number 9. Broken hearts are physically possible. It’s said that emotional trauma can trigger the release of excess hormones. That surge is believed to cause the organ’s muscles to stop pulsing. It’s rare, but it does happen. 

Number 8. The heart isn’t really on the left side of the chest. It’s actually in the middle, right between the lungs. There is a bit of a leftward tilt to it, though. 

Number 7. Your heart can continue to beat without you. Upon removal, the organ will keep flexing if the oxygen supply is adequate, as it runs on its own electrical impulses. 

Number 6. The heart is a tireless worker. Thanks to its unique muscular makeup it doesn’t need to stop and take a rest. It comes down to mitochondria, the cellular stuff that serves as an energy source. Arm and leg muscles have 1 to 2 percent of it, while the heart has up to 35. 

Number 5. It moves to the rhythm. Studies show that the heart adjusts its rate according to the tempo and intensity of what’s playing. 

Number 4. Two hearts can beat as one. Researchers have found that people in a relationship often times end up having similar heart and breathing rates. The scientists also tested people not romantically involved. Among that group no such synchronicity was observed. 

Number 3. It doesn’t make those thumping sounds. That actually comes from the valves opening and closing. They’re kept busy around the clock controlling the flow of blood through the heart.

Number 2. Women’s are faster. The female heart beats more frequently than the male one does. This is due to its generally smaller size, requiring that it compensate for the amount of blood pushed with each pump. 

Number 1. Cats are good for the heart. It’s a scientific fact. Studies show that people who’ve had feline companions are much less likely to die of a heart attack or cardiovascular diseases.

What do you think is the most interesting thing about the heart?

Vocabulary

to take it for granted

természetesnek tekinteni

it’s high time

ideje, hogy

a shout-out

nyilvános köszönetnyilvánítás

vital

életbevágóan fontos

to expel

kiűzni

to trace

kinyomozni

to trigger

kiváltani, előidézni

release

kibocsátás

excess

felesleg, túl sok

surge

hullám, roham

muscle

izom

to pulse

lüktetni, pulzálni

chest

mellkas

lung

tüdő

tilt

dőlés

to flex

izmot megfeszíteni

oxygen supply

oxigén ellátás

tireless

fáradhatatlan

 

it comes down to

valami miatt, valami okán

mitochondrium

mitokondrium, sejtszervecske az energia előállítására és annak elraktározására

cellular

sejt- (jelzőként)

rate

mérték, szám

heart rate

pulzusszám

breathing rate

légzésszám

romantically involved

szerelmes

synchronicity

együtt – egy ütemben – működés

thumping

dobogó, dörömbölő

valve

szelep

around the clock

folyamatosan

require

igényel, szükségessé tesz

to compensate for something

kárpótolni valamiért, kompenzálni

feline

macska (jelzőként)

companion

társ

aheart attack

szívroham

cardiovascular diseases

szív- és érrendszeri betegségek

 

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