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Aorta

Aorta Meaning & Definition
Aorta Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Aorta?

[n] the large trunk artery that carries blood from the left ventricle of the heart to branch arteries

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See Also | abdominal aorta | aortic arch | arteria | artery | ascending aorta | descending aorta | thoracic aorta

Aorta In Webster's Dictionary

\A*or"ta\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? to lift, heave.] (Anat.) The great artery which carries the blood from the heart to all parts of the body except the lungs; the main trunk of the arterial system. Note: In fishes and the early stages of all higher vertebrates the aorta divides near its origin into several branches (the aortic arches) which pass in pairs round the [oe]sophagus and unite to form the systemic aorta. One or more pairs of these arches persist in amphibia and reptiles, but only one arch in birds and mammals, this being on the right side in the former, and on the left in the latter.

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