AORTA (aortae)

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Irregular inflected form: aortae   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does aorta mean? 

• AORTA (noun)
  The noun AORTA has 1 sense:

1. the large trunk artery that carries blood from the left ventricle of the heart to branch arteries

  Familiarity information: AORTA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AORTA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The large trunk artery that carries blood from the left ventricle of the heart to branch arteries

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("aorta" is a kind of...):

arteria; arterial blood vessel; artery (a blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the body)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "aorta"):

ascending aorta (the ascending part of the aorta as it emerges from the left ventricle)

aortic arch (the part of the aorta that arches and turns downward)

descending aorta (the descending part of the aorta that branches into the thoracic and abdominal aortae)

abdominal aorta (a branch of the descending aorta)

thoracic aorta (a branch of the descending aorta; divides into the iliac arteries)

Derivation:

aortal; aortic (of or relating to the aorta)

 Context examples 

The backward flow of blood from the aorta into the left ventricle, owing to insufficiency of the aortic semilunar valve; it may be chronic or acute.

(Aortic Valve Regurgitation, NCI Thesaurus)

The portion of the aorta that emerges from the left ventricle and precedes the aortic arch.

(Ascending Aorta, NCI Thesaurus)

An artery arising from the ascending aorta.

(Ascending Aorta Branch, NCI Thesaurus)

The valve between the left ventricle and the ascending aorta which prevents backflow into the left ventricle.

(Aortic Valve, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

A valve that is located between and controls the flow of blood from the left ventricle of the heart and the aorta.

(Aortic Valve, NCI Thesaurus)

A finding of damage to the aorta.

(Aortic Injury, NCI Thesaurus/CTCAE)

The opening in the diaphragm that allows for passage of the descending aorta.

(Aortic Opening, NCI Thesaurus)

Any portion of the aorta including the ascending and descending aorta, and aortic arch or a portion of the aortic orifice of the left ventricle.

(Aortic Segment, NCI Thesaurus)

The inferior surface of the conical membranous sac in which the heart and roots of the aorta and other large blood vessels are contained.

(Base of the Pericardium, NCI Thesaurus)

Either of two arteries (right or left) that arise from the aorta to supply the corresponding ovary, ovarian ligament, uterine tube and ureter.

(Ovarian Artery, NCI Thesaurus)