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Q: In the human body the aorta carries blood from which organ?
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Define blood vessel?

A blood vessel is a tube shaped organ that carries blood. It carries the blood through the tissues and organs of the human body.


What organ carries out nutrition in a human body?

stomach


What organ carries blood that doesn't have that much oxygen in it?

Veins


What does blood carries the other organ in the body?

oxygen and nutrients


Why is the aorta so large?

The aorta is sometimes concidered to be an organ because it is so large that it is made up of several different tissues (a simple definition of an organ being that it is made up of more than 1 tissue) although it is still only a very large artery and so is not usually described as an organ but a large blood vessel.


What organ system does the aorta belong to?

The aorta is an artery, and arteries are types of blood vessels. So the aorta would be considered part of the cardiovascular system (heart). http://www.cancerindex.org/medterm/medtm8.htm


What carries blood to the other organ in the body?

Arteries carry blood to the other organs in the body.


What type of muscle pumps blood around the body?

the aorta pumps it through to the body and the superior and inferior vena cavas take it to the heartThe organ which pumps blood around the body is the Heart. The Aorta is just an artery, a vessel which carries the blood. Calf muscles also do some pumping of the blood as it pumps the venous blood back to the heart via the large vein the inferior vena cava


What organ carries a full load of blood?

Brain Heart Kidneys Liver


What organ in the human body is a liquid?

The blood.


What organ receives nutrients first when transported through the vascular system?

The heart itself is the first organ to receive blood from the cardiovascular system. Its blood vessels stem directly from the base of the aorta.


How many atria does the human heart have?

The heart only has one aorta. The aorta is the body's main artery that connects the heart to the body. There is the pulmonary artery but this one only takes blood away from the heart to the lungs. This one aorta carries blood around the body in a circle((from the heart to all organs and back again)) and has extensions that supply each organ and tissue and cell with oxygen and nutrients.