In this video, Mikhail Varshavski, DO -- who goes by "Dr. Mike" on social media -- gives a history lesson on the heart, including cultural depictions and the evolution of our understanding of anatomy.

From ancient philosophers who saw the heart as the seat of the soul to modern cardiologists mapping electrical impulses, ...

Senior Lecturer and Clinical Academic in Faculty of Medicine, Health & Life Sciences, Swansea University Mammals, from the mighty blue whale to the tiny shrew, inhabit nearly every corner of our ...

An organ is a group of tissues that work together to perform a specific task in the body, such as digesting nutrients or producing chemical messengers that enable brain cells to communicate. Although ...

Leonardo Da Vinci was one of the first people to draw detailed sketches of human anatomy. His drawings showed that he noticed networks of muscle fibers on the inside of the heart. Da Vinci thought ...

In 4 B.C., Aristotle identified the three-chambered organ as the center of vitality. The heart served a dual purpose: breathing physical life and something more spiritual. By the second century, Greek ...