Heart

Heart

The heart is a hollow muscle that pumps blood throughout the blood vessels by repeated, rhythmic contractions. It is found in all animals with a circulatory system (including all vertebrates).

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Famous quotes containing the word heart:

    “I live to hold communion
    With all that is divine,
    To feel there is a union
    ‘Twixt Nature’s heart and mine;”
    —George Linnaeus Banks (1821–1881)

    “The blood weeps from my heart when I do shape,
    In forms imaginary, th’ unguided days
    And rotten times that you shall look upon
    When I am sleeping with my ancestors.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    “I like people and I like them to like me, but I wear my heart where God put it—on the inside.”
    —F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896–1940)