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:
“The world stands out on either side
No wider than the heart is wide;
Above the world is stretched the sky,
No higher than the soul is high.”
—Edna St. Vincent Millay (18921950)
“Wee image of my bonnie Betty,
I fatherly will kiss and daut thee,
As dear an near my heart I set thee
Wi as guid will,
As a the priests had seen me get thee
Thats out o hell.”
—Robert Burns (17591796)
“I live to hold communion
With all that is divine,
To feel there is a union
Twixt Natures heart and mine;”
—George Linnaeus Banks (18211881)
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