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Heart beating

Heart beating

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Biology, Science

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10th Grade

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carlos mayo

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Heart beating

The heart gets messages from the body that tell it when to pump more or less blood depending on a person's needs

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When you sleep

when you're sleeping, it pumps just enough to provide for the lower amounts of oxygen needed by your body at rest. 

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When you are excersicing

the heart pumps faster so that your muscles get more oxygen and can work harder.

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Heart beating

How the heart beats is controlled by a system of electrical signals in the heart. The sinus (or sinoatrial) node is a small area of tissue in the wall of the right atrium. It sends out an electrical signal to start the contracting (pumping) of the heart muscle. 

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Heart beating

The heart gets messages from the body that tell it when to pump more or less blood depending on a person's needs

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