The priest would rip out the heart which would then be placed in a bowl held by a statue of the honored god,  and the body would then be thrown down the temple's stairs. The body would land on a terrace at the base of the pyramid called an apetlatl.
During the ceremony, the priest extracted the heart and placed it in a bowl beside a statue symbolizing the honored god. The body was then tossed down the temple stairs to land on a terrace beneath a pyramid called an apetlatl.