heart

Summary

heart is an organ type^[1]. heart ranks in the top 10% of organ_type entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,551 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• heart's instance of is recorded as organ type^[3].
• heart's instance of is recorded as class of anatomical entity^[4].
• heart is a type of animal organ^[5].
• heart is part of circulatory system^[6].
• heart is used for blood circulation^[7].
• heart's Commons category is recorded as Heart (organ)^[8].
• heart's Unicode character is recorded as 🫀^[9].
• heart comprises cardiac chamber^[10].
• heart comprises myocardium^[11].
• heart's found in taxon is recorded as Animalia^[12].
• heart's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Heart^[13].
• heart's anatomical location is recorded as cavity of bony thorax^[14].
• heart's Commons gallery is recorded as Heart^[15].
• heart's described by source is recorded as Gray's Anatomy (20th edition)^[16].
• heart's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[17].
• heart's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[18].
• heart's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[19].
• heart's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work^[20].
• heart's described by source is recorded as Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language^[21].
• heart's topic has template is recorded as Template:Heart anatomy^[22].
• heart's has characteristic is recorded as heartbeat^[23].
• heart's NCI Thesaurus ID is recorded as C12727^[24].
• heart's different from is recorded as human heart^[25].
• heart's different from is recorded as heart^[26].
• heart's different from is recorded as heart^[27].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include organ type^[3] and class of anatomical entity^[4]. heart is a type of animal organ^[5].

Use and Application

heart is used for blood circulation^[7]. Components include cardiac chamber^[10], a class of anatomical entity^[28] and myocardium^[11], a class of anatomical entity^[29]. heart is part of circulatory system^[6].

Influence

Things named for heart include cardioid^[30]; Church of Your Heart^[31], a musical work/composition^[32]; The Centre of the Heart^[33], a musical work/composition^[34]; Heart^[35], a scientific journal^[36], founded in 1939^[37]; and Cardiocorax^[38], a monotypic fossil taxon^[39].

Why It Matters

heart ranks in the top 10% of organ_type entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,551 views/month).^[2] heart has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[40] heart is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[41]

Entities named for heart include cardioid^[30]; Church of Your Heart^[31], a musical work/composition^[32]; The Centre of the Heart^[33], a musical work/composition^[34]; Heart^[35], a scientific journal^[36], founded in 1939^[37]; and Cardiocorax^[38], a monotypic fossil taxon^[39].