This feature from the NOVA: "Cut to the Heart" highlights facts about the heart, including its size and placement, and will help you to understand the importance of this wondrous organ in our bodies.

Overview of the cardiovascular system with labeled diagrams and reviews of the heart, torso, arm, leg, and blood, available through the links on the right.

Your heart starts beating before you are born and keeps right on going through your whole life. Over an average lifetime, the human heart beats more than 2.5 billion times. Keeping your heart healthy means eating right, not smoking, and...

In this activity students explore the human heart and circulatory system. To promote deeper understanding of key concepts, the activity also includes a procedure for observing preserved sheep hearts.

This site provides in-depth information about congestive heart failure (CHF). The site asks and answers important questions to better educate the public.

Read a general overview of heart attacks and heart pain, including angina. Content includes information on the difference between stable and unstable angina, and the symptoms of a heart attack.

This site discusses congestive heart failure, different medicines used to treat it, and surgical procedures which may be necessary.

Labeled diagram of the heart valves shows how blood flows through the heart with useful information on causes, symptoms. diagnosis, and treatment of valve disease when this blood flow is disrupted.

One-page overview of pacemakers includes detailed labeled diagrams of the heart and implantable pacemaker along with essential information on how to live with one.

Everyone's heart makes sounds, but some people have hearts that make more noise than others. Usually, however, these heart murmurs don't mean anything is wrong. Find out more about these in this article for kids.

Information about heart murmurs and other problems with the heart valves. Gives good illustrations and audio examples of different kinds of heart murmurs.

Defines congenital heart disease and offers information on many types. Also speculates on possible causes for fetal heart conditions.

This lesson will identify the major structures of the heart and their specific roles in the overall functioning of the heart.

A learning module that begins with "Hearts and Hands" by O. Henry accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free teacher and...

What causes a heart attack? Krishna Sudhir examines the leading causes and treatments of this deadly disease. [4:54]

This is an online study guide/notes for the novel The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers including author information, literary elements, chapter-by-chapter summaries/notes, study questions, and analysis.

A detailed description of the human heart and its parts.

Use these practice questions on heart block to review for the NCLEX-RN test.

An interview with Joyce Carol Oates and a summary of her novel "Broke Heart Blues." Provides an overview of the author's career, as well as links to other famous authors.

One-page article answers key questions about heart attacks: causes, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment.

This resource presents brief information defining a heart attack. The article also contains many links to related topics and publications in English and Spanish.

Read about Robert Koffler Jarvik, the "inventor of the first permanently-implantable artificial heart." This article provides a biography of the inventor, the reasons why he became interested in creating an artificial heart, and his...

Classic Reader provides numerous classic works from famous authors. First published in 1895, one work is In the Heart of the Rockies: A Story of Adventure in Colorado. This work was written by G. A. Henty.

Classic Reader provides numerous classic works from famous authors. First published in 1903, one work is The Heart of Rome. This work was written by F. Marion Crawford.