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The Heart in Action

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The heart typically beats about 113 times per minute.

Note how the heart changes color as blood enters and leaves its chambers with each beat.

The heart will beat approximately 54 million times before birth

From The Biology of Prenatal Development. All ages referenced to fertilization, not last menstrual period.