Are You Sure Your Hearts In The Right Place.doc

Are You Sure Your Heart’s In The Right Place? On today’s Moment of Science, we’re sure your heart’s in the right place. But where is it exactly?!? CPR classes show how to press on the sternum, in the center of the chest, to stimulate the heart. But then again, hearing the heartbeat is easier on the left. What Gives? Anatomically speaking, the heart is pretty much centered in the chest cavity, although it is tilted to the left, and takes a bit more space from the neighboring left lung than the right. To understand why the heartbeat’s easier to hear on the left side, we need to know about the fo