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This artery is called the Aorta. It is the largest artery in the body.
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Which type of artery is found closest to the heart?
The Aorta comes directly from the heart. Also, the Pulmonary Artery also attaches directly to the heart.
The pain of angina pectoris comes from a blockage in an artery that supplies the?
Heart
How big is the biggest artery?
The biggest artery is the aorta. When it comes off of the heart it's diameter is between 18 and 22 mm.
Is a Aorta a bone?
The aorta is the large artery that comes out of the heart, and is not a bone.
Bright red blood that spurts out comes from severed vein or severed artery?
It comes from an artery. Arteries carry OXYGENATED blood away from heart. This oxygenated blood is bright red. The Arterial system is on the high pressure side of the heart. The pressure changes as the heart contracts and then expands and refills (a heartbeat). When an artery is punctured the blood will spurt with every heartbeat.
Which body cavity houses the heart lung and aorta?
The thoracic cavity contains the heart and lungs. The large artery (aorta) that comes off the heart is there as well.
What does the aorta contain?
The aorta is the largest artery in your body. I comes off the heart and carries oxygenated blood.
What is the artery that serves the heart?
Coronary artery
How can blocking an artery in the heart cause heart damge?
An artery is a pathway for the blood to travel to and from the heart. If the artery is block, the heart cannot release or receive blood, and therefore, causes heart problems.
Why is it important that large artery is connected to the heart?
why is it importantthat large artery is connected to the heart
Blood from the popliteal artery comes directly from what artery?
femoral artery
What is the artery conneting the lungs and heart?
Pulmonary artery.
