Day and night, the muscles of your heart contract and relax to pump blood throughout your body. When blood returns to the heart, it follows a complicated pathway. If you were in the bloodstream ...

This clip is an introduction to the human heart. We find out about its location within the body and its function as a pump. The heart sits within the chest cavity between the lungs and is about ...

Pigs have been chosen as an ideal species for xenotransplantation due to their physiological similarities to humans and their ...

It also shows how the pacemaker cells restart her heart after the surgery. This short film is from the BBC series, Inside the Human Body. The 3D footage brings the topic to life and would enhance ...

New research by KAUST scientists has identified that the gene "CIROZ" is responsible for pediatric heart defects and the ...

One of Leonardo Da Vinci's drawings of the human heart The muscle fibers that Da Vinci ... to support blood flow during each heartbeat. The body can temporarily form more of these fibers when ...

Researchers at Georgia Tech have developed 3D printed bioresorbably heart valves that could benefit patients with heart valve disease.

Day and night, the muscles of your heart contract and relax to pump blood throughout your body. When blood returns to the heart, it follows a complicated pathway. If you were in the bloodstream ...