• Question: you know when you hear the beating in you body, i was once yold that this wasnt your heart but the valves opening and closing letting blood in and out is this true or have i got it really wrong

    Asked by esmelski to Catherine on 12 Mar 2014. This question was also asked by .
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      Catherine Mansfield answered on 12 Mar 2014:

      You are correct, the heart itself does not make any sounds when it beats. When a doctor listens to someones chest through a stethoscope the sounds that they hear are either the valves opening and closing or the sound of the blood flow.

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