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noun

aorta

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

In a sentence

Six example sentences with aorta, each labelled with its topic.

  • Surgeons repaired the widened aorta with a fabric sleeve, and the patient walked the corridor two days later.

    Medicine

  • Endurance training thickens the wall of the aorta slightly, one reason a trained cyclist's resting pulse sits so low.

    Fitness

  • Leonardo drew the aorta so precisely that modern anatomists recognize the swirl of flow he sketched beside it.

    Art

  • A giraffe's aorta has walls thick enough to push blood two metres uphill to a brain held high above its heart.

    Science

  • Engineers model blood flow through the aorta with software borrowed from aircraft design, since both deal with turbulent fluid.

    Technology

  • Vesalius drew the aorta branching from the heart in 1543, correcting errors that had been copied from Galen for centuries.

    History

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