Protein digestion takes place between your mouth and your small intestine. All the cells of your body contain protein, and this protein is continually broken down and remodeled to meet your growth and maintenance needs.
If you need help, here is a hintâ¦ Each year, there are over 100,000 heart valve surgeries performed in the United States. For the answer, scroll down below the picture of a diseased mitral valve with calcified valve flaps.
Updated August 29, 2016. There are four heart valves in a healthy human heart. The valves help to maintain proper blood flow through the heart, keeping blood moving efficiently and smoothly, and in the right direction. In addition to the valves there are four heart chambers -- the upper chambers are called the left and right atrium, the lower chambers are the left and right ventricle. A healthy heart valve will stop blood from flowing out of a heart chamber until it is time for the heart to pump the blood to its next destination.