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No. No doubt you r confusion lies with the fact that there is the ascending aorta and the descending aorta. This is similar to the colon in that actually it is one continuouus thing. The ascending aorta leaves the left ventricle travelling upwards but very quickly becomes the aortic arch, looping down to form the descending aorta.

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