• Kalcifer
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    255 months ago

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

      • Kalcifer
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        25 months 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?

        • @Scubus@sh.itjust.works
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          75 months ago

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

        • @NatakuNox@lemmy.world
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          55 months 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.