• Question: What is the diameter of a average human heart?

    Asked by anon-181914 to Leo, joeyshepherd, Joaquin, Helen, Hannah, Dave, Daniel, Claire, Beccy on 16 Jun 2018.
    • Photo: Claire Donald

      Claire Donald answered on 16 Jun 2018:

      Your heart is approximately the same size as your fist. The average size is 12 cm long, 9 cm wide and 6 cm deep. Your heart is a muscle so the more exercise you do the larger and more efficient it becomes. This also keeps your heart healthy and reduces your risk of heart disease.

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