In the development of the circulatory system, the precursor structure to the aorta is the truncus arteriosus.
Arteria maxima is another way to refer to the aorta in latin.
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The word is aorta.
my sister had a narrowing in her aorta, which is why she had surgery last year.
A tortuous thoracic aorta is an aorta that is twisted or misshapen in some people. This can lead to discomfort in some people, but no effects at all in others.
The word "aorta" is of Greek origin, from the verb aeirein, "to raise", for its position in the body. The word was first applied by Hippocrates to the bronchial tubes, and by Aristotle to what we now know as the aorta.
Damage to the aorta can impair blood flow to most of the body. The aorta is expandable, and maintains arterial blood pressure between heartbeats.
A collapsed heart is another word for when the circulatory system fails. When a cardiac circulatory collapse happens, it affects the vessels such as the aorta, and it is fatal most of the time.
aorta- doing a cross word?
The likely word is "aorta" (the main artery leading from the heart).
This is a condition in which the aorta narrows where the ductus inserts. The meaning of the word coarctation is in fact narrowing. This disease is common for grown ups and for children too.
ascending aorta arch of aorta thoracic aorta abdominal aeorta
3 syllables; it's pronounced; ay-or-ta
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