NatakuNox comments on Shape of the Heart

Shape of the Heart (mander.xyz)

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[–] NatakuNox@lemmy.world 20 points 2 years ago (3 children)

No. It needs to squeeze against itself to move blood to and from chambers.

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[–] Kalcifer@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Could it not just sorta flex the tube? Like couldn't one part of the tube pull on or press off of the next?

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[–] Scubus@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 years ago

As someone who flexes the tube very often, I would guess that the heart would start pumping unwanted fluids

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[–] NatakuNox@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

No. This diagram doesn't show how they got the heart to unravel like that. There's a layer or wrapping around the heart and internal connective tissues that holds the heart in its traditional state. I'd imagine if the got the muscles of a unrolled heart to contract it would just fold or bind at points. But definitely wouldn't pump anything.

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