How does the heart differ from other mechanical pumps?
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storage  Also in this week's column:  How does the heart differ
from other mechanical pumps?  Asked by Andrew Lane of North
York, Ontario, Canada         Interesting facts    • The heart
was once believed to be the seat of human emotions. Our language
contains many references indicating this: "Heart break", "heart
warming", "cold hearted", "bleeding heart", "heart felt", and so
on. This association between the heart and emotions probably
comes from the fact that when we are emotionally overcome, we
feel it in the chest, rather than in, say, the feet.   • The
ancient Egyptians rightly understood that the heart pumped
blood, but believed that it did this to give orders to the body.
In a sense, they were right.   • The ancient Egyptians believed
that the heart was where a person's soul resided. In the
afterlife, a person presented their heart to the god Anubis.
This is the Greek name for the Egypt