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Humans function fine with a single aorta, therefore, unless additional aortas increase our ability to survive and reproduce, humans will continue to have a single aorta.

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Is there more than one aorta in the human body?

No. Only one to a customer. One heart, one aorta.


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As opposed to the left aorta, or as opposed to the wrong aorta?There's only one aorta, so I'm not quite sure what your question is supposed to mean, but yes, blood does flow through the aorta.(Might you, perchance, have meant "atrium" instead? There are a left and right one of those, with the right one being the collector of blood from the superior and inferior vena cava and the left one being the collector of blood from the pulmonary vein.)


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What is the name of one way valve in your heart?

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The major artery which supplies most blood in the body?

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What are the four principle divisions of the aorta?

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What is an abnormal aorta?

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A congenital narrowing of the aorta is known as?

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What is the most inferior portion of the aorta?

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