What Is the Function of the Heart?
Every part of the body needs to have a constant supply of oxygen and nutrients to survive. Oxygen and nutrients are delivered by the blood. Blood is a fluid that circulates continuously throughout the body.
The heart is the organ responsible for maintaining this important circulation of blood. The heart is responsible for both pumping oxygenated blood to the body and pumping oxygen-poor blood to the lungs for reoxygenation.
The heart pumps blood full of oxygen out to your whole body, the blood loses oxygen as it’s pumped to the organs and tissues of the body, then the blood goes back to the heart to get oxygenated again.
