The heart is a myogenic muscular organ found in all animals with a circulatory system (including all vertebrates), that is responsible for pumping blood throughout the blood vessels by repeated, rhythmic contractions.
History[]
Cassandra Fraiser was implanted with a Goa'uld bomb which attached itself near the heart. (SG1: "Singularity")
While under the affect of the Wraith enzyme a Human heart will continue to beat despite the body being drained of life. (SGA: "The Siege, Part 3")
Sharon Wallace had a Heart murmur and, as a result, the nanites in her body stopped her heart to repair it, essentially starving her brain of Oxygen. (SGA: "Miller's Crossing")
Lt. General George S. Hammond died from a heart attack. (SGA: "Enemy at the Gate")
Dr. Nicholas Rush had a Nakai Tracking implant implanted in him, next to his heart. (SGU: "Divided")
Behind the scenes[]
- Actor Don S. Davis died from a heart attack.