Aorta
[eɪ'ɔːtə] or [e'ɔrtə]
Definition
(noun.) the large trunk artery that carries blood from the left ventricle of the heart to branch arteries.
Typist: Ollie--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The great artery which carries the blood from the heart to all parts of the body except the lungs; the main trunk of the arterial system.
Typist: Portia
Definition
n. the great arterial trunk which rising from the left ventricle of the heart sends its branches ramifying through the whole body—in man subdivided into the arch the thoracic aorta and the abdominal aorta.—adjs. Aor′tal Aor′tic.
Editor: Marilyn
Examples
- This muscular pump drives it into the aorta. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- In order to do that you must inject by the aorta, by means of a force pump, so as to send the liquid into all the interstices of the flesh. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- It should be injected by the aorta in the usual way before injecting with the red wax. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- The course of the blood is evidently from the vena cava through the heart to the aorta. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- All these arteries have their source in the aorta; all these veins pour their stream ultimately into th e vena cava. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
Typed by Josephine