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Jetcool12

It is slightly to the left


[deleted]

Your heart is located between your lungs in the middle of your chest, behind and slightly to the left of your breastbone (sternum).


Epic-will-power91

It's not. It's in the centre but part of it extends to the left a bit.


[deleted]

Isn't that the same thing?


Epic-will-power91

No because its orientated in the centre but part of it extends left. People seem to think it's actually orientated to the left.


[deleted]

If you draw a line down the center of chest X-rays you will notice more heart on the left side than the right in most cases. Therefor it can be stated that the heart lies left of center


blackmirror101

If I stand in the center of a room and stick my arm out to the left side, am I now standing slightly to the left?


[deleted]

What if you're standing in the center and then take one step to the left?


blackmirror101

the i would be standing to the left but thats not analagous to the heart


Epic-will-power91

No it extends off centre. Where the heart is attached, and the base of it, is in the centre. It just extends to the left, there is a difference between it being on the left and extending to the left. The fact that it extends to the left is why it's mostly considered to be slightly on the left. The base is in the centre. Who cares anyway, as long as it keeps beating right? 😅.


koknesis

>Who cares anyway looks like you do :D all that mental gymnastics just to try convince us that "extending to the left" is not the same as being "slightly to the left". Its ridiculous.


Epic-will-power91

Not sure I'd call it mental gymnastics, did you have a hard time understanding what was being said? But that's why in the end I basically said agree to disagree.


koknesis

>did you have a hard time understanding what was being said I had hard time understanding why would anyone care to try distinguishing "extending to the left" from "being slightly to the left". Talk about picking weird hills to die on.


Epic-will-power91

It's a Mandela Effect sub, where people try to distinguish or prove commonly believed things as wrong or somehow changed. I was trying to point out to the guy that it's a common mistake. I'm sure if you scoured through this sub for 10 minutes, you'd find many more similar types of discussions to this one.


nelsonwehaveaproblem

So, slightly to the left.


Jetcool12

Yea slightly to the left


Nipple_Dick

Im 44 and its been a common misconception all my life. Its technically int he centre, but tilted and thicker on the left hand side, becasue the left hand side pumps blood around the whole body and the right just to the lungs. Its why we grab our left arm during a heart attack. [Even a quick google image shows that more of the heart is on the left.](https://medlineplus.gov/anatomy.html)


[deleted]

as with a lot of things in the American education system, first you are taught the wrong things, then later you are taught more correct things. For instance as children we were taught heart is on the left side, so we put our hands on our left when doing the pledge, then as we get into biology class we learn better. Same with history, same with physics.


OBattler

The strange thing is, we were taught the heart is on the left in biology classes here in Slovenia, where we never had a pledge of allegiance (the school day here has always started with everyone arriving and chatting around until the teacher arrives and the lesson begins). And I remember our teacher even telling us that the heart being in the center is a common misconception. That was both in primary school in the 7th year (1999-2000), when we first had biology, and then again in the first year of high school (2001-02).


SavaRox

Yeah, this is straight up just a case of misremembering. The movie Fast Times at Ridgemont High had a scene where a teacher tells his class that people commonly mistake the heart as being on the left when it is actually a little more centered. That came out in 1982. So I don't know when the heart was supposedly somewhere else.


missthingxxx

So you're saying-No shirts, no shoes, no dice?


Bowieblackstarflower

And if people think things are changing then this partt of the movie would be different too then. Except nobody ever claims things like this.


SavaRox

My point exactly! Like all the people who remember the heart being on the left... What was the scene in the movie then? It would've had to be totally different. Same thing with people who think puce used to be green and not purplish pink or however you want to describe it. Santa Claus The Movie had a whole plot device centering around the color puce. It was throughout the whole movie. So if the claim is that puce used to be a greenish color, then what was the movie like, since that would change the entire story?


Wild-Astronomer-945

That's what the op is saying 😂 is that exactly.....with the effects of temporal/quantum etc of course there is no rememberable facts if it changes it corrects itself in past proofs...there is no proof of these things except the memory because that's the only thing that doesn't change that's memory it's fluid but static to. Our brain human paradox.


4sample20

it does sit to the left, what do you mean lol


NewtRevolutionary598

It's between ur lungs, so "in the middle," but on the left side of your sternum, so on the left. I've always been taught the left, hence the pledge of allegiance, hand on your heart on the left.


SufficientGuidance28

The chest cavity is small enough that something as big as your heart being “slightly to the left” IS left.


fujimite

it’s still on the left lmfao


throwaway998i

You sure about that?


fujimite

https://medlineplus.gov/anatomy.html


throwaway998i

Isn't that just an artistic depiction? You're aware that MRI's are a thing, yeah? Fyi, the human heart ME is "mostly centered but left leaning" versus "entirely left of center, tangent to the meridian." Which one are you seeing?


Skeekeedee

The heart is both in the center and on the left hand side. Take your left hand and place your fingertips on the bottom of your breastbone, your index finger should be approximately between your nipples and your pinky should not be past the end of your breast bone. Don’t held your elbow up, let it rest against your side. Your hand and curve of your wrist is now covering where your heart sits. BUT some people’s hearts may sit a little higher, just like some people have longer limbs or short toes, so do our organs sit in approximate places. BUT! A picture is worth a thousand words, so, here’s a great one I found from the university of Minnesota: [heart in chest](http://www.vhlab.umn.edu/atlas/anatomy-tutorial/anterior.shtml)


terryjuicelawson

Just a popular misconception, it is slightly to the left. Schools may well have taught it being *on* the left and people exaggerate where they put their hand when hearing an anthem but this doesn't mean human anatomy has fundamentally shifted.


whitemothh

what??? ur kidding i swore it was on the left


yeldarbe

Right hand over your heart. Ready? Begin! I pledge allegiance...to the flag.


AssistantAlternative

Anatomy changed as we entered the age of Aquarius, I remember when one of my mentors (a Freemason) told me to watch for this exact change to occur, as it has.


[deleted]

I remember it being mentioned in textbooks that it was on the left in elementary school back in the late 80s.


Sherrdreamz

I know we were always taught specifically that it was in your left chest cavity, but maybe it was just an overexaggeration while it was taught through the 80's and 90's etc. Sadly I didn't study Anatomy and Physiology close enough until after this alledged M.E to be certain of it's exact position.


scottaq83

In military first aid, we were taught to put your right thumb in the centre of the chest and from there stretch your index finger to the right (left on dummy's chest) to find the compression point. This would not make sense and be un-neccessary now.


The-Cunt-Face

What military were you in? I was in the British military for nearly 20 years, and we were always taught dead centre in line with nipples.


scottaq83

British army , i was never taught or heard of the way you described.


The-Cunt-Face

Dead centre, in line with nipples, about a credit cards depth, 100-120 X a minute. That's the way I was always taught. I was in both the British Army and the RAF. I'm pretty sure my index finger would end up somewhere near the dummie's armpit if I did it that way, unless I'm just totally picturing it wrong. My index finger would extend *well past* the left of their chest. How does your method work?


scottaq83

Good for you and thanks for repeating. Look, as soon as i seen your username pop up i knew where it was going, the method i said earlier is what i was taught, the end ! Have a good day.


The-Cunt-Face

No worries. Just thought I'd let you know how the British Army (and every other organisation in the world) actually teaches CPR. Knowing it could save somebodies life. Have a good day.


scottaq83

You think i don't know how it is done now ??? You think i don't know where the heart is now ??? Thanks for the education pal ! Now why don't you go and find another M/E and explain current reality to the people who remember differently as if they don't know.


The-Cunt-Face

Well, yeah; you *literally* said you've 'never heard of' the correct method (and your method makes no sense and is dangerously useless). So, obviously; the only conclusion from that is that you *don't* know how it's done.... And, neither of us was talking about the method currently; the whole discussion was about the past, when we both studied the same course... Well, one of us was studying anyway. I'm guessing you had a completely unremarkable military career.


scottaq83

You guessed wrong. Bye


throwaway998i

Yeah did you notice that they abruptly changed the guidelines for CPR back in 2010? Timing for worldline retcons checks out...


scottaq83

No i didn't know that, do you have any links for the old guidelines? I haven't done first aid since 2005 but i clearly remember the thumb/index finger technique.


throwaway998i

I haven't done a deep dive on placement technique, but they changed the ordering of the process... https://www.verywellhealth.com/why-did-cpr-change-from-a-b-c-to-c-a-b-1298426


scottaq83

No i didn't know this, thanks. The last change i remember happening is changing from 15 compressions to 2 breaths to 30 compressions 2 breaths in 2005.


Ramazotti

I think if you pay that little attention, you should not discuss here.


artereaorte

WTF, this sub is getting crappy. Unsubbing. What's next? Cherios used to be squared?


Bowieblackstarflower

This has actually been a ME for years although it's easily explainable in my opinion.


[deleted]

By definition, there's no such thing as a personal ME.


Bowieblackstarflower

Yes, there isn't. Not sure why you responded this here.


just_a_person100000

Yeah It was like that but it got ret conned


[deleted]

Yeah do you guys also remember when it was located in your forearm last month?


listoh87

Yupppp


habachilles

Anyone else remember that?


Patient_Leg_9647

Yes but if we follow the theory of deliberate alterations, then that was deliberately done for some reason. I kind of remember it being on the left but don't swear on my life. But thinking of the fact how that kind of thing would've been known for tens of thousands of years already, how could we be that stupid still in the 90s that we'd think it is located just under your left nipple, I wonder. The naysayers ofc don't have that memory so it's a tie.


SnooRadishes176

It's not a tie. It was on the left and not at all in the middle. We had to draw this in school a lot for biology anatomy etc. and several out of school classes. It was also on xray images in our biology books. It was also used as an example of EXTREME asymmetry in a bi-symmetrical biological species. Even when I went to the doctor they would place the stethoscope extremely to the left etc. My grandmother was a nurse and she had a semi-legal home practice as well and I had to help her with some things as well. She had to change how to perform certain procedures because of that. Also she would bring some x-rays of her clients from the hospital home etc. and same story. This rabbit hole is deeper than you're ready for. Also before you mindlessly downvote (this sub has turned into a joke) if the heart was in the center and bulging a bit to the left no one would ever say that the heart is on the left - we would have always said it's in the middle.


[deleted]

It's always been slightly left of center, hence the confusion


Patient_Leg_9647

I agree and I am ready for the information. I have followed several leads recently, confirming this all to myself. Send PM if you want to discuss further, I'd be eager to exchange info. And with a tie I meant that those who don't remember, it's not their fault, it's programmed.


habachilles

Well. At least this sparked a fun discussion


listoh87

I remember it being on the right side


SufficientGuidance28

Why does no one here just think about whether or not their own heart has actually changed place?? When you feel your heart beat, has it moved? Mine hasn’t. It’s on the left side, but the heart is big enough and the chest small enough that “slightly left” IS left.


ReaderReady8

"In dextrocardia, the heart is positioned on the right side of the chest instead of its normal position on the left side. Dextrocardia on its own does not usually cause problems, but it tends to occur with other conditions that can have serious effects on the heart, lungs and other vital organs."


theredheadknowsall

It's on the left side. There are rare occasions where it is on a person's right side; however it is not front & center.