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It is an artery.
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The largest artery in the body?
the aorta is the largest vessel in the heart. It carries oxygenated blood throughout the body
Identify the vessel that conducts blood from the left ventricle?
The Aorta (the aortic arch)The left ventricle of the human body contains oxygenated blood. This oxygenated blood is pumped to all parts of the body except the lungs. Hence the left ventricle which has a thick cardiac wall pumps blood through aorta, the main artery, which is the only blood vessel that arises from the left ventricle.Left atrium--------> Left ventricle ----------> Aorta
What is the name of a large vessel that takes blood away from the heart?
Descending aorta
What is the thickest artery in the body?
abdominal aorta actually the ascending and descending aorta from the heart is slightly larger...the abdominal is just a continuation of that vessel.
What is the largest vessel that is attached to the heart and what does it do?
The largest vessel attached to the heart is the Aorta, and it is responsible for delivering blood to the body. It is categorized in 2 groups, the Ascending Aorta and the Descending Aorta. The Ascending aorta includes the Carotid Arteries, which deliver blood to the brain, and the Subclavian Arteries, which brings blood to the arms. The Descending Aorta is located in the thoracic cavity with the rest of the heart and Aorta and is the part of the Aorta that curves down toward the bottom of the body and branches off into other arteries which supply the bottom portion of the body with blood.
In which kind of blood vessel is blood pressure highest?
The arteries, but to be exact, the aorta.
What kind of blood vessels carry away from the heart?
The "type" of blood vessel is an artery.The largest, an elastic one connected to the heart, is the aorta.
Is the aorta an afferent blood vessel?
No
What is the biggest blood vessel?
aorta
What is major blood vessel?
Aorta
Which vessel is the largest in the body?
Aorta
Which is the hardest vessel to identify?
aorta
What is the large vessel at the top of your heart called?
I think you are talking about the Aorta.
The largest artery in the body?
the aorta is the largest vessel in the heart. It carries oxygenated blood throughout the body
What is the name of the blood vessel that carries aorta to the kindeys?
Abdominal aorta to the Renal arteries.
Is a Aorta a bone?
The aorta is the large artery that comes out of the heart, and is not a bone.
A vessel that branches off the aorta?
Artery
