2007-03-08 10:36:34 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
The aorta is the largest artery in the body.
It leaves the heart going upward, arches around so it's going down and travels down the middle of the body next to the spinal column until it branches into two arteries in the plevis.
Being an artery, it carries oxygenated blood away from the heart.
It's about an inch in diameter, maybe a little less.
2007-03-08 10:41:49 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Aorta: The largest artery in the body, the aorta arises from the left ventricle of the heart, goes up (ascends) a little ways, bends over (arches), then goes down (descends) through the chest and through the abdomen to where ends by dividing into two arteries called the common iliac arteries that go to the legs.
Anatomically, the aorta is traditionally divided into the ascending aorta, the aortic arch, and the descending aorta. The descending aorta is, in turn, subdivided into the thoracic aorta (that descends within the chest) and the abdominal aorta (that descends within the belly).
The aorta gives off branches that go to the head and neck, the arms, the major organs in the chest and abdomen, and the legs. It serves to supply them all with oxygenated blood. The aorta is the central conduit from the heart to the body.
2007-03-08 19:04:40 · answer #2 · answered by Preeya 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The aorta is a blood vessel. It is the largest one. It is an artery, not a vein. It receives the blood that comes from the heart (left ventricle) It has a curved cane shape and there are Branch coming out of it that take blood to the arm, the head and brain, the thorax, the abdomen and then gets spitted and irrigates the legs. Look for images in a book called anatomy by netter.
2007-03-08 18:44:14 · answer #3 · answered by L V 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Aorta is the main artery leaving heart; the main artery in mammals that carries blood from the left ventricle of the heart to all the branch arteries in the body except those in the lungs
2007-03-08 18:52:20 · answer #4 · answered by Plasma 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Aorta is the large artery leading from the left ventricle to the body.
2007-03-08 18:40:42 · answer #5 · answered by ecolink 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's an open-ended (but usually empty) threat employed by Moe of the Three Stooges, e.g. "Why, aorta moiderize you!".
2007-03-08 18:52:38 · answer #6 · answered by laffryot 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The main valve that sends blood to and away from the heart.
2007-03-08 18:44:41 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋