Thoracic Deep Anatomy
The Pericardium
, Heart Anatomy
• Approximately the size of your fist and the strongest muscle in the body
• Location:
o Superior surface of the diaphragm o Slightly left of the midline o
Anterior to the vertebral column, posterior to the sternum
Heart Facts
• Beats approximately 72 beats per minute in the human adult but can increase to 200
BPM during exercise
• The heart pumps approximately 5.6 liters of blood around your body 3 times a minute
at a rate of 70ml per contraction.
• The heart has pumped about 1 million barrels of blood by age 76 (3 super tankers) or
about 1500 gallons/day.
• Enough energy is generated by the heart in one day to drive a car 20 miles.
• The heart beats approximately: o 72 times per minute o 4,320 times per hour o
103,680 times per day
o 725,726 times per week o
37,739,520 per year o
2,868,203,520 at age 76
• Squeezing a tennis ball is about the same force at which the heart contracts
The Pericardium
, Heart Anatomy
• Approximately the size of your fist and the strongest muscle in the body
• Location:
o Superior surface of the diaphragm o Slightly left of the midline o
Anterior to the vertebral column, posterior to the sternum
Heart Facts
• Beats approximately 72 beats per minute in the human adult but can increase to 200
BPM during exercise
• The heart pumps approximately 5.6 liters of blood around your body 3 times a minute
at a rate of 70ml per contraction.
• The heart has pumped about 1 million barrels of blood by age 76 (3 super tankers) or
about 1500 gallons/day.
• Enough energy is generated by the heart in one day to drive a car 20 miles.
• The heart beats approximately: o 72 times per minute o 4,320 times per hour o
103,680 times per day
o 725,726 times per week o
37,739,520 per year o
2,868,203,520 at age 76
• Squeezing a tennis ball is about the same force at which the heart contracts
