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Aorta
Pronunciation
Definition 1
The largest artery in the body. It carries oxygen-rich blood away from the heart to vessels that reach the rest of the body. (NCI Dictionary)
Definition 2
The major arterial trunk that carries oxygenated blood from the left ventricle into the ascending aorta behind the heart, the aortic arch, through the thorax as the descending aorta and through the abdomen as the abdominal aorta; it bifurcates into the left and right common iliac arteries. (NCI Thesaurus)
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