Question

In what anatomical position of the body is the heart located?

Answer 1

Heart:

1. The heart is the pumping, muscular organ having a size of a closed fist.
2. The human heart has four chambers - two right chambers and two left chambers.
3. The upper chambers are called atria or auricles while the lower chambers are called ventricles.
4. The right atria and right ventricle receive deoxygenated blood.
5. The left atria and left ventricle receive the oxygenated blood.

Location of the heart:

1. The heart is present in our thoracic cavity in a double-layered sac known as the pericardium.
2. It is present slightly towards the left of the sternum(breastbone).