Assignment: Location Of the Heart

In what anatomical position of the body is the heart located?
The heart is located behind and slightly left of the sternum, between the two lungs, and enclosed in a sac called the pericardium.

In the human being the heart lies just behind and slightly to the left of the sternum (breastbone) in a double-layered sac called the pericardium.

It is in the thoracic cavity, positioned between the two lungs with the lowest point lying on the diaphragm.

 

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