aorta
Definitions of aorta
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the large trunk artery that carries blood from the left ventricle of the heart to branch arteriestypes:aorta ascendentethe ascending part of the aorta as it emerges from the left ventricleaorta descendientethe descending part of the aorta that branches into the thoracic and abdominal aortaeaorta abdominala branch of the descending aortaaorta torácicaa branch of the descending aorta; divides into the iliac arteriestype of:arteriaa blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the body
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