As anyone who has ever recited the Pledge of Allegiance will attest, having your heart in the right place means having it on your left side. Despite the outward symmetry of the human body, left-right differences abound beneath everyone’s skin. The majority of the heart’s bulk usually sits on the body’s left side, although the organ’s aorta loops to the right.
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