ASCENDING AORTA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ascending aorta mean? 

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

1. the ascending part of the aorta as it emerges from the left ventricle

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• ASCENDING AORTA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The ascending part of the aorta as it emerges from the left ventricle

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

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

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

 Context examples 

A hereditary disorder of connective tissue characterized by tall stature, elongated extremities, subluxation of the lens, dilatation of the ascending aorta, and "pigeon breast."

(Marfan Syndrome, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

A rare, congenital anomaly in the aorta in which a communication exists between the ascending aorta and the pulmonary artery.

(Congenital Aortic Septal Defect, 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)

The major arterial trunk that carries oxygenated blood from the left ventricle into the ascending aorta behind the heart, the aortic arch, through the thorax as the descending aorta and through the abdomen as the abdominal aorta; it bifurcates into the left and right common iliac arteries.

(Aorta, NCI Thesaurus)