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AORTA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: aortae   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The large trunk artery that carries blood from the left ventricle of the heart to branch arteries

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("aorta" is a kind of...):

arteria; arterial blood vessel; artery (a blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the body)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "aorta"):

ascending aorta (the ascending part of the aorta as it emerges from the left ventricle)

aortic arch (the part of the aorta that arches and turns downward)

descending aorta (the descending part of the aorta that branches into the thoracic and abdominal aortae)

abdominal aorta (a branch of the descending aorta)

thoracic aorta (a branch of the descending aorta; divides into the iliac arteries)

Derivation:

aortal; aortic (of or relating to the aorta)

Credits

 Context examples: 

This includes the mesenteric arteries, the renal arteries and the aorta.

(Peripheral Arterial Disorder, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

A rare congenital cardiovascular disorder characterized by the failure of the embryologic structure truncus arteriosus to divide into the aorta and pulmonary trunk.

(Persistent Truncus Arteriosus, NCI Thesaurus)

Either of two arteries (left or right) that have a high degree of variability in their origin from the aorta and that give rise to numerous branches.

(Phrenic Artery, NCI Thesaurus)

This includes the mesenteric arteries, the renal arteries and the aorta and excludes cerebrovascular arterial disease.

(Peripheral Arterial Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)

A conical membranous sac filled with serous fluid in which the heart as well as the roots of the aorta and other large blood vessels are contained.

(Pericardium, NCI Thesaurus)

As a consequence, blood from the aorta mixes with blood from the pulmonary artery.

(Patent Ductus Arteriosus, NCI Thesaurus)

The small arteries arising from the thoracic aorta that supply the pericardium.

(Pericardiac Artery, NCI Thesaurus)

The portion of the descending aorta that lies within the abdomen, beginning below the diaphragm and ending at its division into the right and left common iliac arteries.

(Abdominal Aorta, NCI Thesaurus)

Damage to the aorta from traumatic or pathologic processes.

(Aortic Injury, NCI Thesaurus)

The layer of cells that lines the lumen of the aorta.

(Aorta Endothelium, NCI Thesaurus)