Heart position can vary depending on body habitus. In a short stocky individual, you would expect the heart to be located:
a. more to the right and hanging more verti-cally.
b. more to the left and lying more horizon-tally.
c. riding higher in the chest and pushed an-teriorly.
d. hanging lower in the chest and riding more vertically.
B
The position of the heart varies depending on body build, configuration of the chest, and level of the diaphragm. A tall slender person's heart tends to hang vertically and is positioned centrally. A stocky short person's heart tends to lie more to the left and more horizontally.
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