If our whole body is symmetrical, why is only our heart on the right side of our body?

Answer 1

Please allow me to correct you.
Firstly, our whole body is actually asymmetrical.. This is a fact.
Secondly the Heart Lies with its apex to the Left of our body in the mediastinum, almost a Leftsided organ.

One heart suffices to maintain the life of a human, and during embryonic stage development the organs rotate and move amongst themselves and come to occupy various positions of rest finally. In case of 'Situs Inversus', the organs may be transposed Right to left so the Liver may come to lie on the Left and so on and so forth.

There is a condtion known as Dextrocardia, similar to situs inversus where the heart lies towards the right in contrast to Laevocardia which is towards the left and normal. (dextro=right, laevo=left)

The fact remains that due to various factors, our bodies are usually assymmetrical externally also, I have my Nose crooked, My left ear is slightly higher placed than my right, and I smile also in a somewhat crooked manner.
But people say I am handsome, and attractive. ( in modesty please)
The most attractive faces and bodies are usally symmetrical and models and most photogenic faces have a very good symmetrical appearance. That is what the fashion photographers actually look for.
Ultimately the beauty and the function lies in the eyes of the beholder!
Thanks,

Answer 2

Symmetrical Heart

Answer 3

OUR BODY ISN'T SYMMETRICAL. You might think so but the gall bladder, the appendix, the stomach and the lungs are all asymmetrical. Your external organs such as your hands, feet, and even face are not symmetrical. One of your hands and feet will be bigger than the other. Your face might seem symmetrical, but it isn't. You can have a look at how you really look like by looking into the mirror, placing another one at a right angle to the first mirror, and look into the 2 mirrors in the angle. You will see how you really look like to everyone else. It will look quite different from how you look at yourself in the mirror. Few people in the world might have the 2 images look almost exactly the same. But then, that is as rare as being able to write or do work COMFORTABLY or SPONTANEOUSLY in BOTH right and left hand. Again, the fact of being either left- or right-handed is an example of being asymmetrical.

Answer 4

I'm not a doctor, so I'm not 100 percent sure, but I don't think our whole bodies are totally symmetrical. Our skeletons might be almost symmetrical, but I think even that isn't the case. There are also different organs in different places in the body...the stomach is on the left side for example. And our heart is actually in the center of our chests...the larger part of it is on the left though.

Answer 5

Interestingly our appendix is on the left side. Perhaps symmetry is found with a different kind of balancing at different stages of growth or development, because I would believe that biological symmetry may have less to do with the image, but more to do with the systemic balancing of the organism; especially in a complex organism like a human being. That's a guess or opinion.

Biological Symmetry:
Symmetry in biology is the balanced distribution of duplicate body parts or shapes. The body plans of most multicellular organisms exhibit some form of symmetry, either radial symmetry or bilateral symmetry. A small minority exhibit no symmetry (are asymmetric).

In nature and biology, symmetry is approximate. For example, plant leaves, while considered symmetric, will rarely match up exactly when folded in half.


Definition of the Appendix:
In human anatomy, the vermiform appendix (or appendix, pl. appendices) is a blind ended tube connected to the cecum. It develops embryologically from the cecum. The term "vermiform" comes from Latin and means "wormlike in appearance". The cecum is the first pouch-like structure of the colon. The appendix is near the junction of the small intestines and large intestines.

Answer 6

Internally, our body is quite assymetrical. Our liver is on the one side, our stomach and intestines are quite assymetrical, etc. The left and right sides of our brains are quite different functionally (which is why you are left- or right-handed).

But even externally, you are not as symmetrical as you think. The left side of your face is a bit different from the right side.

Answer 7

The body is NOT symmetrical and the heart is left.

FYI, the liver, gallbladder and appendix are right, stomach and spleen are left. The right lung has 3 lobes, left has 2.

Answer 8

Our bodies are not symmetrical at all. Both sides are slightly different. Have you never had this experience when you have gone to buy shoes? Or take a look at your hands, your arms... we are not symmetrical

Answer 9

This is not the case. Our heart isn't on the right side of our body. But it does lean more towards our right. Take a look at a picture of the human anatomy so you can see this for yourself.

Answer 10

Get a photo of the left half of your face and a mirror image of that and compare it to what you get with the right half of your face...you get two totally different faces; none that look like your real face. Your body isn't symmetrical, hon. FSM wasn't that perfect.