The heart is located in the center of the chest, with part of it tipped slightly so that it taps against the left side of the chest.
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The horizontal fraction bar was introduced by the Arabs.
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Amphetamine poisoning can cause intravascular coagulation, circulatory collapse, rhabdomyolysis, ischemic colitis, acute psychosis, hyperthermia, respiratory distress syndrome, and pericarditis.
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Patients who cannot swallow may receive nutrition via a parenteral route—usually, a catheter is inserted through the chest into a large vein going into the heart.
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Blood in the urine can be a sign of a kidney stone, glomerulonephritis, or other kidney problems.
Deimos in color on February 21, 2009 by the same (not to scale)
