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The aorta is the largest artery in the human body. It is usually medically divided by anatomical division or by direction of blood flow. Thus, there is the abdominal aorta or the ascending aorta, which can refer to the same artery.
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∙ 9y ago
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∙ 15y agoThe are both blood vessels, but have different functions. Arteries carry blood away from the heart and the veins bring blood to the heart. Arteries carry blood with more pressure than veins, so they are thicker and more muscular. Veins have something arteries do not have and that is valves.
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∙ 13y agoA 'blood vessel' can be an artery, vein, capillary, or an arteriole or a venule. These last two are minor arteries or veins. While technically a muscle, the heart is sometimes referred to as the 'largest blood vessel in the body'.
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∙ 11y agoCorrect Answer : False the aorta is an artery.
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∙ 13y agoof course! it is the MAIN artery in the body. you would know that arteries are blood vessels.
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∙ 13y agoIt's a major artery.
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∙ 11y agono arteries branch of the aorta
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∙ 11y agoThe aorta is not a vein. It is an artery.
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From what blood vessel does the blood that flows through the grafted blood vessel come?
Aorta
What blood vessel supplies the descending aorta with blood?
blood travels from the ascending aorta to the aortic arch to the descending aorta
Is the aorta an afferent blood vessel?
No
What is the biggest blood vessel?
aorta
What is major blood vessel?
Aorta
Blood leaving the heart for the body passes through a large blood vessel known as the what?
The large blood vessel is called the aorta.
What is the largest blood vessel in the abdomen?
The largest blood vessel in the abdomen is the descending aorta.
What is the largest blood vessel in your body?
aorta
A large blood vessel that carries blood from the heart?
Aorta.
Is the aorta apart of the heart or is it a blood vessel?
it is a blood vessel just the like carotid artery
What is the Main vessel in the arterial network in a human?
The main blood vessel carrying blood away from the heart is the aorta. The main blood vessel supplying the heart is the left main artery.
What is the name of the blood vessel that carries aorta to the kindeys?
Abdominal aorta to the Renal arteries.
