The apex helps regulate the left and right ventricles of the heart. Several heart conditions can affect the apex. Learn more here.

Pediatric Research - The human fetal right ventricular myocardium appears without a sub-epicardial base-apex oriented layer of myocytes ...

The print was seamless at both base and apex of the paper cone, resembling the arrangement of muscle fibers in the heart.

“The end of the day, it’s, the problem is the human heart. It’s not guns. It’s not the weapons. At the end of the day, we have to protect the right of the citizens to protect themselves ...

In 2025, a compact, fully internal artificial heart changed the rules of medicine. This video tells that story—and explores the future of human life without human organs.

Inside 7-year-old Apex resident Saleh Ahmad's chest beats a heart donated by 4-year-old Myles Godfrey, who was killed in a car crash three years ago. Godfrey's mother, Kaci Wilson, invited the ...

Apex hopes lessons learned can be implemented and turned into a template for other North Carolina cities to end human trafficking in the state. Working with the city is Shield North Carolina.

New research reveals that the human heart has evolved distinct structural and functional traits that set it apart from our closest great ape relatives.

And despite his passive ability being specifically designed to hear and see heartbeats, it works on non-human targets who don't have hearts.