AsclepioHeart in 3D
A hollow muscular organ with four chambers: two atria that receive blood and two ventricles that pump it out. The right side sends blood to the lungs and…
Explained for every age
For kids (7–11)
The heart is a pump the size of your fist. It beats about 100,000 times a day to push blood all through your body.
For teens (12–16)
A hollow muscular organ with four chambers: two atria that receive blood and two ventricles that pump it out. The right side sends blood to the lungs and the left side to the rest of the body.
Pre-Med (17+)
Muscular organ of the middle mediastinum with four chambers and four valves. Three-layered wall: endocardium, myocardium and epicardium. The right ventricle drives the pulmonary circulation and the left the systemic circulation.
What you can explore
Right atriumRight ventricleLeft atriumLeft ventricleTricuspid valveMitral valveAortic valvePulmonary valvePapillary musclesCoronary arteriesCardiac veinsCardiac cycle
Missions
- Feel your pulse Explorer
- The body's pump Explorer
- The double circuit Discoverer
- Clinical case: chest pain Pre-Med
- The residents of the blood Explorer
- Closing a wound Explorer
- Three steps to stop bleeding Discoverer
- Hemostasis and anticoagulation Pre-Med
- Draw the heart Discoverer
- Freehand coronaries Pre-Med
- The four rooms of the heart Explorer
- The path of the blood Discoverer
- Time trial: heart Pre-Med