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The Beat Goes On

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    All about the heart
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  • How many times does the heart beat per minute?
    90 times
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  • What does PUMP mean?
    To move
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  • How many times a day does the heart beat?
    100,000 times
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  • How many times in a lifetime does a heart beat?
    2.5 billion times
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  • What are the three types of blood vessels?
    Arteries, capillaries and veins.
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  • What are the reasons the heart becomes unhealthy?
    When the heart "wears out" or gets clogged with fat.
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  • What do ARTERIES do?
    Carry blood away from the heart.
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  • How is OXYGEN carried through the body?
    Rivers of blood.
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  • Is the heart a muscle?
    Yes
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  • What are the four sections of the heart?
    Two atria and two ventricles
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  • Why did Brian need surgery?
    He was born with only one ventricle.
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  • How did surgeons fix Brian's heart when he was a baby?
    They rearranged his blood vessels
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  • What did doctors recommend when Brian was 14?
    A heart transplant
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  • What is a TRANSPLANT?
    The act of moving one organ from one body to another.
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  • Where do transplants come from?
    Other people who donate organs
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  • What happened to Jessica Malore when she was 16?
    She had a heart attack
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