2007-02-26 14:13:06 · 5 answers · asked by Raymond R 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Medicine
Yes. 20 seconds is not long enough to kill. Interestingly, the heart can beat without the nerve impulses from the brain. There is a small section of your heart (called Purkinje fibers) that can actually produce a small electrical impulse large enought to cause the heart to beat. That is why people that have broken their necks and severed their spinal cord can still have a heart beat without assistance from the brain.
The Human Body is amazing!
2007-02-28 05:39:56 · answer #1 · answered by jfb 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I heard the human body can live 5 minutes without their heart beting. but I wonder how long it can survive if it is taken out. The brain though, you can't live 5 seconds without it buddy.
2007-02-26 22:18:38 · answer #2 · answered by Jenna L 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would say no I saw a dude die off a massive heart attack and he was squatting at the time and was dead before he fell to the ground.
2007-02-26 22:20:21 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes
2007-02-27 01:19:37 · answer #4 · answered by kenneth h 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No.
2007-02-27 00:58:45 · answer #5 · answered by J.SWAMY I ఇ జ స్వామి 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋