aorta

Noun

aorta (plural: aortas or aortae)

1. (anatomy) 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.

5 letters in word "aorta": A A O R T.

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• Definitions:
• the great artery arising from the left ventricle; the main trunk from which the systemic arterial system proceeds.
• The largest artery in the body. It carries oxygen-rich blood away from the heart to vessels that reach the rest of the body.
• Large artery leaving the heart. All blood pumped out of the left ventricle travels through the aorta on its way to other parts of the body.
• The large artery that receives blood from the heart's left ventricle and distributes it to the body.
• Main artery of the heart which carries blood to the body.
• the largest artery in the body and the primary blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to be distributed by branch arteries throughout the body.
• The main artery which receives blood from the left ventricle of the heart and flows to the body.
• (a-or´tua) The major systemic vessel of the arterial system of the body, emerging from the left ventricle.
• The largest artery in the body.
• The artery responsible for bringing blood from the heart to the rest of the body. Lying faceup during pregnancy can compress the aorta.
• The largest artery in the body, originating at the left ventricle and serving as the primary trunk from which the entire arterial system proceeds.
• The largest artery in the body. It is the main channel for delivering oxygenated blood throughout the entire body.
• The largest blood vessel in the body. The aorta is connected to the heart's left ventricle. It carries oxygen-enriched blood to the body.
• The large artery that carries oxygen-rich blood from the heart. It descends into the abdomen where it gives off many branches to supply the organs. The superior mesenteric artery is a major branch of the aorta that is a common site of pancreatic cancer metastases.
• The body's major artery leading from the left ventricle of heart to the body.
• The largest artery of the body that supplies oxygenated blood to all other arteries.
• a main blood vessel, or artery, which begins at the heart and supplies blood, oxygen, and other nutrients to all tissues of the body
• the main and largest artery in the human body. The aorta supplies all other arteries with oxygen-rich blood.
• Blood vessel which carries the oxygenated blood away from the heart.
• The main blood vessel carrying all of the fresh blood out of the heart to the body. The aorta comes directly out of the heart and then courses through the body providing branches which deliver nourishing blood supply to every organ and tissue
• The largest artery in the body. This is the main conduit of blood as it leaves the heart carrying oxygen and nutrients. All arteries branch from this main trunk.
• The main artery of the body. It starts at the opening of the heart's lower left chamber (ventricle). In the belly, it narrows and branches into the two common iliac arteries that supply blood to the legs.
• is the largest artery in the body. Aortic valve is a heart valve that regulates blood flow between the left ventricle and the aorta.
• Anterior portion of heart (dorsal vessel), lacking lateral openings or ostia.
• the large trunk artery that carries blood from the left ventricle of the heart to branch arteries
• The aorta (generally pronounced or "ay-orta") is the largest artery in the human body, originating from the left ventricle of the heart and bringing oxygenated blood to all parts of the body in the systemic circulation.
• The main artery in the body, carrying oxygenated blood from the heart to other arteries in the body.

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