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Jay S
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Jay S asked in Entertainment & MusicMovies · 1 decade ago

How long does a heart pump if it is removed from a body?

We were watching a horror movie today (The Midnight Meat Train) and one of the victims got their heart ripped out and it was still beating in the bad guys hands for quite some time. Does the heart continue to pump once removed outside of a body or does it stop right away once removed? Might be a morbid question, but I'm just curious if that is totally hollywood or not.

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    I think the heart would stop almost immediately because the brain can no longer tell the heart to keep beating, and the heart would run out of blood to pump.

  • 1 decade ago

    it would stop beating almost instantly!!!!!

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