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The beating heart

A model of a beating heart from the Auckland Bioengineering Institute, University of Auckland shows the contraction of the ventricle three-dimensionally and graphically.

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The Auckland Bioengineering Institute
The University of Auckland

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Rights: Bioengineering Institute – University of AucklandProfessor Peter Hunter
Published: 21 June 2007
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