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Modelling in a heartbeat

Today at Chalkdust, we’re celebrating our love for mathematics, and what better way to do that than by analysing our heartbeats? The heart is composed of four main chambers: two atria at the top and two ventricles at the bottom. Apart from carrying our hopes and dreams, the heart’s main function is to pump blood around our body. This can be split into two different circuits, the first one is low-pressure (in blue below) and pumps blood from our body to our lungs to get oxygenated before coming back to the heart. The second is a high-pressure circuit (in red) which then pumps this oxygenated blood out of the aorta and to the rest of our body. Continue reading