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Heart
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The heart is a muscular organ found in humans and other animals. This organ pumps blood through the blood vessels. The heart and blood vessels together make up the circulatory system. The pumped blood
Heart being dissected showing right and left ventricles, from above
Heart being dissected showing right and left ventricles, from above
With the atria and major vessels removed, all four valves are clearly visible.
With the atria and major vessels removed, all four valves are clearly visible.
Frontal section showing papillary muscles attached to the tricuspid valve on the right and to the mitral valve on the left via chordae tendineae.
Frontal section showing papillary muscles attached to the tricuspid valve on the right and to the mitral valve on the left via chordae tendineae.
Layers of the heart wall, including visceral and parietal pericardium
Layers of the heart wall, including visceral and parietal pericardium
Heart symbol
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The heart symbol is an ideograph used to express the idea of the "heart" in its metaphorical or symbolic sense. The symbol is a symmetrical shape consisting of "two similar curves meeting in a point a
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…wounding his victims with his arrows, it is not made explicit that it is the heart that is wounded. The familiar iconography of Cupid shooting little heart symbols is a Renaissance theme that became tied to Valentine's Day. In certain Trans-New Guinea languages, such as Foi and Momoona, the heart and seat of…
The earliest known possible visual depiction of a heart symbol, as a lover hands his heart to the beloved lady, in a manuscript of the Roman de la poi
The earliest known possible visual depiction of a heart symbol, as a lover hands his heart to the beloved lady, in a manuscript of the Roman de la poire, 13th century
Charity on the south doors of the Florence Baptistery (c. 1336)
Charity on the south doors of the Florence Baptistery (c. 1336)
Modern-looking heart symbols are presented to Venus in an illumination by the Master of the Epître d'Othéa (c. 1407)
Modern-looking heart symbols are presented to Venus in an illumination by the Master of the Epître d'Othéa (c. 1407)
A heart symbol from the Achaemenid period, in the Louvre Museum, made of ivory
A heart symbol from the Achaemenid period, in the Louvre Museum, made of ivory