human heart

Chest's vital organ

The human heart is the muscular organ that pumps blood through the body, maintaining circulation and sustaining life.

It beats roughly 100,000 times daily.

Figuratively, the human heart represents emotional capacity, compassion, or essential nature: The human heart yearns for connection.

Appeals to the human heart target feeling over logic.

Related

cardiologist · love · cardiac arrest · compassion · blood · pulse · myocardium · flow · coronary artery · empathy · life · ventricle · dub · humanity · chambers · muscle · emotion · ticker

Categories
Opposites
organic vs. artificial/mechanical

human heartartificial heart

Manufactured organ pumping blood

mechanical heart · machine · pacemaker · heart-lung machine · pump

emotional center vs. cold rationality

human heartpure reason

Intellect independent of experience

stone · ice · heartlessness · soullessness

human vs. non-human organism

human heartpig heart

Swine's circulatory organ

xenograft

Family

heart, human, humans, heartfelt, inhuman, hearts, hearten, superhuman, inhumane

Familiarity
Top 50,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G