aortas
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aortas, plural;
/āˈôrtə/,
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aortas, plural;
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The main artery of the body, supplying oxygenated blood to the circulatory system. In humans it passes over the heart from the left ventricle and runs down in front of the backbone
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- (aorta) the large trunk artery that carries blood from the left ventricle of the heart to branch arteries
- (Aorta (band)) Aorta were an American psychedelic rock band from Chicago who recorded two albums in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
- (aorta) The major artery that carries blood out to your body.
- (Aorta) The largest vessel of the systemic arterial system, from which the main arteries carrying oxygenated blood branch and subdivide into smaller and smaller vessels.
- (Aorta (adj. aortic)) The principal Artery from which arise the blood-vessels supplying the trunk, hind limbs, and viscera below or behind the heart (see vascular system).
- (Aorta) A blood-containing tube that extends forward from the heart and is open anteriorly.
- (Aorta) Anterior portion of heart (dorsal vessel), lacking lateral openings or ostia.
- (Aorta) The front-most, non-pulsating portion of the dorsal blood vessel of an insect.