Why does the human heart stop? What happens in the body before we die?
In: Biology
The heart, like every organ in the body, cannot operate without the proper blood supplying oxygen and food. The heart doesn’t beat if it doesn’t have a signal from the brain. It will deteriorate and stop working if the immune system doesn’t protect it from harmful things. If the waste products from the cells of the heart are not removed from it, it will die. The heart can also directly suffer damage and the body’s repair system must also work. So there are many reasons why the heart stops – disease affecting major organs and systems involved in breathing, circulation, digestion, waste removal, disease fighting, brain and nervous system and trauma (physical damage).
The human body is a very complex thing that relies on every system to keep functioning, not simply the heart.
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