Your heart has two sides that are separated by an inner wall. The right side pumps blood to the lungs to pick up oxygen. Then, oxygen-rich blood returns from the lungs to the left side of the heart, and the left side pumps it to the body, says the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute.
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