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*pdiggitydogg* · 10-20-2004, 01:10 PM

Why does the side of the heart that pumps blood through the entire body have only 2 flaps on the AV valve, when the side that only pumps blood around the lungs has 3?
Wouldnt the side that has 3 smaller flaps be more efficient?
(Both AV valves are equal in size.)

The pulmonary side (lungs) having the 3 flaps to the AV valve has more papillary muscles to prevent blood backflow (from ventrical to atrium). It seems silly because that side has less pressure to begin with, since blood only travels so far.
The circulatory side's ventrical is 4-5x the size of the pulmonaries...shouldnt it have more papillaries? Shouldnt it have 3 flaps to the valve?

Just curious

Kyle · 10-20-2004, 04:40 PM

nobody made it man...nothing is perfect.

GT40FIED · 10-20-2004, 05:22 PM

Pat...you've made the critical mistake that people here would actually want to think.

My take on it? It is what it is. Pondering it is an exercise in futility since there's nothing to be done to change it.

*pdiggitydogg* · 10-20-2004, 06:17 PM

aha...touche
eh I guess its like asking why we have 2 nostrils.

but hell...I chould build a better heart

*KwikR6* · 10-20-2004, 10:50 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by GT40FIED
Pat...you've made the critical mistake that people here would actually want to think.

Ha for the most part GT your right on that one.
But Pat, I can't even being to answer that question. I tried to think of it, but i don't know enough about it to even make an educated guess.

Kyle · 10-20-2004, 11:17 PM

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Originally posted by pdiggitydogg
aha...touche
eh I guess its like asking why we have 2 nostrils.

I think it's the same reason we have 2 ears...to tell where a smell is coming from just like we can tell where sound is coming from with 2 ears. don't quote me on that though...lol, i'm just guessing.

ebpda9 · 10-20-2004, 11:27 PM

well the answer is quite simple for all the non-evolutionsts:

BECAUSE GOD SUCKS

CD5Passion · 10-21-2004, 12:03 AM

think about it this way, you're alive aswell as billions of others, therefore it must work.....so don't question it

GT40FIED · 10-21-2004, 12:08 AM

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Originally posted by Shardsofxapril

think about it this way, you're alive aswell as billions of others, therefore it must work.....so don't question it

But if it could work better, imagine the possibilities for things like a longer life and increased physical potential. Oh well Pat...at least your post got some responses...my last one got read but ignored.

CD5Passion · 10-21-2004, 12:25 AM

^thats very true, but we're given a certain amount of time for a reason, no need in continuing over populating the earth with hybrid elders

IALuder · 10-21-2004, 03:54 AM

gt i didnt read it because it was to long. :o

GT40FIED · 10-21-2004, 05:34 AM

Exactly my point. If people cared enough to think then they wouldn't care how long it was. I read it. My brain hasn't exploded yet. I'm proof positive that thinking can make a difference.

IALuder · 10-21-2004, 10:13 AM

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Originally posted by GT40FIED
Exactly my point. I people cared enough to think then they wouldn't care how long it was. I read it. My brain hasn't exploded yet. I'm proof positive that thinking can make a difference.

i didnt make sence in one of my threads, but now you got issues.

GT40FIED · 10-21-2004, 02:52 PM

Sure it makes sense man.

10-20-2004, 01:10 PM	#1
pdiggitydogg Yahoo Watashi wa kattaze! Join Date: May 2002 Location: Meanwhile, up in The D... Age: 40 Posts: 10,579	question on the heart's valves Why does the side of the heart that pumps blood through the entire body have only 2 flaps on the AV valve, when the side that only pumps blood around the lungs has 3? Wouldnt the side that has 3 smaller flaps be more efficient? (Both AV valves are equal in size.) The pulmonary side (lungs) having the 3 flaps to the AV valve has more papillary muscles to prevent blood backflow (from ventrical to atrium). It seems silly because that side has less pressure to begin with, since blood only travels so far. The circulatory side's ventrical is 4-5x the size of the pulmonaries...shouldnt it have more papillaries? Shouldnt it have 3 flaps to the valve? Just curious

10-20-2004, 04:40 PM	#2
Kyle elyK Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: New Braunfels, TX Age: 37 Posts: 3,390	nobody made it man...nothing is perfect. __________________ IGNORE THE FACTS EXPLORE THE TRUTH

10-20-2004, 05:22 PM	#3
GT40FIED Best...mod...ever Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: At the end of the longest line Age: 42 Posts: 7,451	Pat...you've made the critical mistake that people here would actually want to think. My take on it? It is what it is. Pondering it is an exercise in futility since there's nothing to be done to change it. __________________ 1984 1/2 Mustang GT350 #842, Faster than you...nuff said Anna Fan Club President/Dictator Someday, in the event that mankind actually figures out what it is that this world actually revoles around, thousands of people are going to be shocked and perplexed that it was not them. Sometimes this includes me. "If you want a vision of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face - forever." - George Orwell Welcome to the new Amerika

10-20-2004, 11:27 PM	#7
ebpda9 Repost Wagon Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: over here Age: 43 Posts: 17,266	well the answer is quite simple for all the non-evolutionsts: BECAUSE GOD SUCKS __________________

10-21-2004, 12:03 AM	#8
CD5Passion Registered User Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Santa Barbara, California Age: 38 Posts: 5,446	think about it this way, you're alive aswell as billions of others, therefore it must work.....so don't question it __________________

10-20-2004, 06:17 PM	#4
pdiggitydogg Yahoo Watashi wa kattaze! Join Date: May 2002 Location: Meanwhile, up in The D... Age: 40 Posts: 10,579	aha...touche eh I guess its like asking why we have 2 nostrils. but hell...I chould build a better heart

10-21-2004, 12:25 AM	#10
CD5Passion Registered User Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Santa Barbara, California Age: 38 Posts: 5,446	^thats very true, but we're given a certain amount of time for a reason, no need in continuing over populating the earth with hybrid elders __________________

10-21-2004, 03:54 AM	#11
IALuder Registered User Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Des Moines IA Age: 38 Posts: 7,908	gt i didnt read it because it was to long. :o __________________ 93 Si H23vtec......soon to be 12lbs 95 Civic EX....automatic DD if you cant dazzle them with your brillance, baffle them with your bullshit.

10-21-2004, 05:34 AM	#12
GT40FIED Best...mod...ever Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: At the end of the longest line Age: 42 Posts: 7,451	Exactly my point. If people cared enough to think then they wouldn't care how long it was. I read it. My brain hasn't exploded yet. I'm proof positive that thinking can make a difference. __________________ 1984 1/2 Mustang GT350 #842, Faster than you...nuff said Anna Fan Club President/Dictator Someday, in the event that mankind actually figures out what it is that this world actually revoles around, thousands of people are going to be shocked and perplexed that it was not them. Sometimes this includes me. "If you want a vision of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face - forever." - George Orwell Welcome to the new Amerika Last edited by GT40FIED : 10-21-2004 at 02:52 PM.

10-21-2004, 02:52 PM	#14
GT40FIED Best...mod...ever Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: At the end of the longest line Age: 42 Posts: 7,451	Sure it makes sense man. __________________ 1984 1/2 Mustang GT350 #842, Faster than you...nuff said Anna Fan Club President/Dictator Someday, in the event that mankind actually figures out what it is that this world actually revoles around, thousands of people are going to be shocked and perplexed that it was not them. Sometimes this includes me. "If you want a vision of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face - forever." - George Orwell Welcome to the new Amerika

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