AORTIC ARCH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does aortic arch mean? 

• AORTIC ARCH (noun)
  The noun AORTIC ARCH has 1 sense:

1. the part of the aorta that arches and turns downward

  Familiarity information: AORTIC ARCH used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AORTIC ARCH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The part of the aorta that arches and turns downward

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("aortic arch" is a kind of...):

aorta (the large trunk artery that carries blood from the left ventricle of the heart to branch arteries)

 Context examples 

An artery arising from the aortic arch that supplies the head and neck.

(Left Common Carotid Artery, NCI Thesaurus)

An artery arising from the aortic arch that divides into the right common carotid and right subclavian arteries.

(Innominate Artery, NCI Thesaurus)

An underdeveloped aortic arch that is present at birth.

(Congential Hypoplasia Aortic Arch, NCI Thesaurus)

The portion of the aorta following the aortic arch passing into the chest and abdomen creating the thoracic and abdominal segments.

(Descending Aorta, NCI Thesaurus)

An artery arising from the aortic arch that supplies the left arm.

(Left Subclavian Artery, NCI Thesaurus)

A small mass that is located in the inferior surface of the aortic arch. It functions as a peripheral chemoreceptor and is composed of glomus cells.

(Aortic Body, NCI Thesaurus)

An artery originating from the aortic arch.

(Aortic Arch Branch, NCI Thesaurus)

A syndrome resulting from structural defects of the arteries that arise from the aortic arch. Signs and symptoms include weakness, dizziness, arm numbness, blurred vision and transient ischemic attacks.

(Aortic Arch Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

Any of a group of disorders leading to occlusion of the arteries arising from the aortic arch. Such occlusion may be caused by atherosclerosis, arterial embolism, syphilitic or tuberculous arteritis, etc.

(Aortic Arch Syndrome, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

A congenital vascular abnormality that affects the great vessels and/or aortic arch. Representative examples include double aortic arch, aortic coarctation, and absence of a pulmonary artery.

(Great Vessels Abnormality, NCI Thesaurus)