Why does my heart beat?
Buddy, your heart is a strong muscle, about as big as your fist!
Pip’s answer
- Buddy, your heart is a strong muscle, about as big as your fist!
- Every ba-bump beat squeezes blood all around your body.
- The blood carries air and food to every single part of you, wonder-ful!
For grown-ups
The heart is a muscle about the size of a fist that pumps blood through the body around 100,000 times a day. Blood carries oxygen from the lungs and nutrients from food to every cell, and carries waste away. The heart beats faster during exercise because the muscles need more oxygen.
Ask your child: Can you feel your heartbeat after we jump around?
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