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Summary
heart is an organ type[1]. heart ranks in the top 10% of organ type entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (16,214 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: class of anatomical entity[3]
- Subclass of: animal organ[4], particular anatomical entity[5]
- Part of: circulatory system[6]
- Has use: blood circulation[7]
- Commons category: Heart (organ)[8]
- Unicode character: 🫀[9]
- Has part(s): cardiac chamber[10], myocardium[11]
- Found in taxon: Animalia[12]
- Topic's main category: Category:Heart[13]
- Anatomical location: cavity of bony thorax[14]
- Commons gallery: Heart[15]
- Described by source: Gray's Anatomy (20th edition)[16], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[17], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[18], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[19], The New Student's Reference Work[20], Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language[21]
- Topic has template: Template:Heart anatomy[22]
- Has characteristic: heartbeat[23]
- NCI Thesaurus ID: C12727[24]
- Different from: human heart[25], heart[26]
- Arterial supply: right coronary artery[27], left coronary artery[28]
- Venous drainage: superior vena cava[29]
- Studied by: cardiology[30]
- Connects with: artery[31], vein[32]
- Innervated by: cardiac plexus[33]
- Produced sound: heart sound[34]
- Development of anatomical structure: development of the heart[35]
Body
Influence
Things named for heart include cardioid[36]; Church of Your Heart[37], a musical work/composition[38]; The Centre of the Heart[39], a musical work/composition[40]; Cardiocorax[41], a monotypic fossil taxon[42]; and Heart[43], a scientific journal[44], founded in 1939[45].
Why It Matters
heart has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[46] heart is known by 40 alternative names across languages and contexts.[47]
Entities named for heart include cardioid[36]; Church of Your Heart[37], a musical work/composition[38]; The Centre of the Heart[39], a musical work/composition[40]; Cardiocorax[41], a monotypic fossil taxon[42]; and Heart[43], a scientific journal[44], founded in 1939[45].