Triva: How Many Times Do Your Four Heart Valves Open And Close Each Day?
By Adam Pick on April 11, 2010
Okay, here’s our heart valve trivia question for the day:
How many times do your four heart valves open-and-close every day?
A. 4,000
B. 40,000
C. 400,000
D. 4,000,000
According to The Cleveland Clinic, your heart beats about 100,000 every day. Considering there are four valves in the heart, which open-and-close with each heart beat, the answer is… 400,000.
To see how the heart valves open-and-close, watch this video titled, “How The Heart Works“.
Keep on tickin!
Adam