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Aorta   /eɪˈɔrtə/   Listen
Aorta

noun
(pl. aortae, aortas)
1.
The large trunk artery that carries blood from the left ventricle of the heart to branch arteries.



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"Aorta" Quotes from Famous Books



... put himself up at a cheap rooming-house well out Market Street. His window looked out upon that thoroughfare which is to San Francisco what the aorta is to the arterial system. Gazing down from a height of four stories he could see a never-ending stir, hear the roar of vehicular traffic which swelled from a midnight murmur to a deep-mouthed roar in the daylight ...
— Burned Bridges • Bertrand W. Sinclair


Words linked to "Aorta" :   aortal, ascending aorta, aortic, artery, arterial blood vessel, aortic arch, arteria


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