Comment on Shape of the Heart

Kalcifer@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• NatakuNox@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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

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  • Kalcifer@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    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 ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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 ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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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• toynbee@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I was wondering something similar. Maybe this is an innovative approach to heart surgery.

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  • Death_Equity@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Yes, in the way that Mengele was innovative in the medical field.

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  • FuglyDuck@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    … I see I’m not the only person with intrusive thoughts.

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• jabathekek@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  It depends on how fresh the kill it is.

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