• Kalcifer
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    231 day ago

    I wonder if a heart could still beat/function when it’s unrolled in this way 🤔

    • @NatakuNox
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      1421 hours ago

      No. It needs to squeeze against itself to move blood to and from chambers.

      • Kalcifer
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        218 hours ago

        Could it not just sorta flex the tube? Like couldn’t one part of the tube pull on or press off of the next?

        • @NatakuNox
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          25 hours ago

          No. This diagram doesn’t show how they got the heart to unravel like that. There’s a layer or wrapping around the heart and internal connective tissues that holds the heart in its traditional state. I’d imagine if the got the muscles of a unrolled heart to contract it would just fold or bind at points. But definitely wouldn’t pump anything.

        • @[email protected]
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          618 hours ago

          As someone who flexes the tube very often, I would guess that the heart would start pumping unwanted fluids

    • @toynbee
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      91 day ago

      I was wondering something similar. Maybe this is an innovative approach to heart surgery.

      • @Death_Equity
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        231 day ago

        Yes, in the way that Mengele was innovative in the medical field.

      • FuglyDuck
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        923 hours ago

        … I see I’m not the only person with intrusive thoughts.