How Does the Human Heart Pump Blood?
In short: A whiteboard-style explainer of how the heart's four chambers, valves and electrical timing drive blood through the lungs and the body as two pumps working side by side.
A 2:05 short film in the series “How Things Work”.
Sources used in this film: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), National Institutes of Health, “What the Heart Looks Like”; National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), National Institutes of Health, “How Blood Flows through the Heart”; SEER Training Modules, National Cancer Institute (U.S. National Institutes of Health), “Structure of the Heart | SEER Training”; Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care (IQWiG), InformedHealth.org, via NCBI Bookshelf (National Library of Medicine), “In brief: How does the blood circulatory system work?”; U.S. National Library of Medicine (NIH), exhibition 'Changing the Face of Medicine', “Circulation Station”; National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), National Institutes of Health, “How the Heart Beats”; National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), National Institutes of Health, “Conduction Disorders”; Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology (via PubMed Central, US National Library of Medicine); authors at Washington University in St. Louis, “ANATOMY AND ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY OF THE HUMAN AV NODE”; Arrhythmia & Electrophysiology Review (Radcliffe Cardiology), via PubMed Central, US National Library of Medicine, “At the Atrioventricular Crossroads: Dual Pathway Electrophysiology in the Atrioventricular Node and its Underlying Heterogeneities”; Heart Failure Clinics (Elsevier), author manuscript hosted by PubMed Central, U.S. National Library of Medicine, “The Cardiac Cycle and the Physiological Basis of Left Ventricular Contraction, Ejection, Relaxation, and Filling”; Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education (American Society for Microbiology), via PubMed Central, U.S. National Library of Medicine, “Visualizing the Cardiac Cycle: A Useful Tool to Promote Student Understanding”; National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), National Institutes of Health, “The Respiratory System”; MedlinePlus, U.S. National Library of Medicine (NIH); content by A.D.A.M., Inc. (Ebix), reviewed 7/15/2024, “Gas exchange - Health Video: MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia”; Developmental Cell (Cell Press), review by Garbern and Lee, Harvard University; hosted on PubMed Central (US National Library of Medicine), “Heart Regeneration: 20 Years of Progress and Renewed Optimism”; National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), National Institutes of Health, “Heart Valve Diseases Research”; National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), U.S. National Institutes of Health, “Cardiovascular Intervention Treatments and Devices”.
Sources used in this film
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), National Institutes of Health — What the Heart Looks Like · View →
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), National Institutes of Health — How Blood Flows through the Heart · View →
- SEER Training Modules, National Cancer Institute (U.S. National Institutes of Health) — Structure of the Heart | SEER Training · View →
- Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care (IQWiG), InformedHealth.org, via NCBI Bookshelf (National Library of Medicine) — In brief: How does the blood circulatory system work? · View →
- U.S. National Library of Medicine (NIH), exhibition 'Changing the Face of Medicine' — Circulation Station · View →
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), National Institutes of Health — How the Heart Beats · View →
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), National Institutes of Health — Conduction Disorders · View →
- Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology (via PubMed Central, US National Library of Medicine); authors at Washington University in St. Louis — ANATOMY AND ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY OF THE HUMAN AV NODE · View →
- Arrhythmia & Electrophysiology Review (Radcliffe Cardiology), via PubMed Central, US National Library of Medicine — At the Atrioventricular Crossroads: Dual Pathway Electrophysiology in the Atrioventricular Node and its Underlying Heterogeneities · View →
- Heart Failure Clinics (Elsevier), author manuscript hosted by PubMed Central, U.S. National Library of Medicine — The Cardiac Cycle and the Physiological Basis of Left Ventricular Contraction, Ejection, Relaxation, and Filling · View →
- Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education (American Society for Microbiology), via PubMed Central, U.S. National Library of Medicine — Visualizing the Cardiac Cycle: A Useful Tool to Promote Student Understanding · View →
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), National Institutes of Health — The Respiratory System · View →
- MedlinePlus, U.S. National Library of Medicine (NIH); content by A.D.A.M., Inc. (Ebix), reviewed 7/15/2024 — Gas exchange - Health Video: MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia · View →
- Developmental Cell (Cell Press), review by Garbern and Lee, Harvard University; hosted on PubMed Central (US National Library of Medicine) — Heart Regeneration: 20 Years of Progress and Renewed Optimism · View →
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), National Institutes of Health — Heart Valve Diseases Research · View →
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), U.S. National Institutes of Health — Cardiovascular Intervention Treatments and Devices · View →
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Sources
- Summary by Intellect · source: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), National Institutes of Health: What the Heart Looks Like
- Also: How Blood Flows through the Heart
- Also: SEER Training Modules, National Cancer Institute (U.S. National Institutes of Health): Structure of the Heart | SEER Training
- Also: Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care (IQWiG), InformedHealth.org, via NCBI Bookshelf (National Library of: In brief: How does the blood circulatory system work?
- Also: U.S. National Library of Medicine (NIH), exhibition 'Changing the Face of Medicine': Circulation Station
- Also: How the Heart Beats
- Also: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), National Institutes of Health: Conduction Disorders
- Also: Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology (via PubMed Central, US National Library of Medicine); authors at Washington Unive: ANATOMY AND ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY OF THE HUMAN AV NODE
- Also: Arrhythmia & Electrophysiology Review (Radcliffe Cardiology), via PubMed Central, US National Library of Medicine: At the Atrioventricular Crossroads: Dual Pathway Electrophysiology in the Atrioventricular Node and its Underlying Heterogeneities
- Also: Heart Failure Clinics (Elsevier), author manuscript hosted by PubMed Central, U.S. National Library of Medicine: The Cardiac Cycle and the Physiological Basis of Left Ventricular Contraction, Ejection, Relaxation, and Filling
- Also: Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education (American Society for Microbiology), via PubMed Central, U.S. National Libra: Visualizing the Cardiac Cycle: A Useful Tool to Promote Student Understanding
- Also: How the Lungs Work - The Respiratory System | NHLBI, NIH
- Also: MedlinePlus, U.S. National Library of Medicine (NIH); content by A.D.A.M., Inc. (Ebix), reviewed 7/15/2024: Gas exchange - Health Video: MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia
- Also: Developmental Cell (Cell Press), review by Garbern and Lee, Harvard University; hosted on PubMed Central (US National Li: Heart Regeneration: 20 Years of Progress and Renewed Optimism
- Also: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), National Institutes of Health: Heart Valve Diseases Research
- Also: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), U.S. National Institutes of Health: Cardiovascular Intervention Treatments and Devices
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