How Does The Human Heart - Shaykh Hamza Yusuf Work?

The human heart is like a pump that moves blood through your body, just like a water pump moves water from one place to another.

Your heart has four chambers, think of them as little rooms in a house. Two on the bottom are called ventricles, and two on top are called atria. When you breathe in and out, your heart gets messages from your brain telling it when to beat.

Imagine you're playing with a toy car. Every time you push it, it moves forward, that's like your heart beating. Your heart beats about 60 times per minute, which is like having a tiny drummer inside you who never stops playing!

When the atria get full of blood, they send it down to the ventricles, which then pump it out to your body or back to your lungs. It's like passing a ball from one friend to another, each time, someone catches it and throws it further.

Your heart works hard all day long, just like you work hard in school, but it never takes a break, not even when you're sleeping!