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n this Assignment, you will research an individual organ and its complexity. Your APA-formatted essay should:

Provide a general description of your assigned organ in the introduction. In the general description, you will include the following: a brief description of the primary functions of this organ, its general shape, and the location of this organ in the human body.

Describe in detail the importance of this organ to the function of the body as a whole. What are the functions of this organ and how is it critical for survival?

Identify and describe which of the four tissue types (epithelial, connective, muscle, and/or nervous tissues) are present in the organ.

Describe any organ-specific cell types that are present and if these cell types have any special structures (e.g., presence of microvilli and/or abundance of particular organelle such as mitochondria).

Discuss in detail how these different cell-types work together to provide the overall function of the organ.

Include a discussion of why each organ requires the different tissue types as well as unique cell types to function. Why can the organs not be comprised of just one cell type? What is the advantage of having so many different types of cells?

MY ASSIGNED ORGAN IS THE HEART

Himanshu · Accepted Answer

General Description of Human Heart 
The heart is a muscular organ present inside the body. It is about the size of the human fist and is paced towards the left of the breastbone in the human body. The weight is in the range of 280-340 grams for males and 230 to 280 grams in females. The primary function of the heart is to pump the blood to all the organs of the body through the arteries and veins, together known as the cardiovascular system. The structure and functioning of the heart is as follows.
It has four chambers known as the atrium (upper chambers) and ventricles (lower chambers). Each of these chambers carry out different functions. There is a muscular wall present between the left and right side of heart, which actually separates them and is called septum. Pericardium (a double walled sac) encases the human heart and it protects it inside the chest. A fluid named pericardial fluid is present between the outer and the inner layers which provides the lubrication to the heart during the contractions and the movements of heart and lungs.
Functioning of the Human Heart
The right ventricle receives the blood rich in carbon dioxide from all the parts of the body. It then pumps the blood to the right ventricle, which then sends it to the lungs, where the blood is oxygenated and send to the left atrium. After the blood is received, the left atrium then sends pumps this blood to the left ventricle and it is then pumped to all the organs of the body. During this process there are sudden contractions and relaxations happening and that is what we call one heartbeat.
The human heart is a very important and vital organ because it pumps the blood to all the organs, tissues and cells of the body. The blood carries oxygen and nutrients that is supplied to all the organs of the body, simultaneously carrying the waste products back from the organs.

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