How much does a human heart weigh?
300 g10.6 oz
A human heart weighs about 300 g (10.6 oz).
Typical adult values. Source for this figure: Cleveland Clinic: Heart.
How heavy is that?
- A human heart weighs about as much as 5 eggs.
- A human heart weighs about as much as 300 paperclips.
- A human heart weighs about as much as 12,000 grains of rice.
- It takes about 7.1 human hearts to balance a brick.
- It takes about 1,700 human hearts to balance a horse.
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