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How to pronounce aorta in English?

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Type Words
Type of arteria, arterial blood vessel, artery
Has types descending aorta, abdominal aorta, thoracic aorta, aortic arch, ascending aorta
Derivation aortal, aortic

Examples of aorta

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Maybe his collapsed lung pressed against the aorta and put pressure on the tear.
From the sportingnews.com
Her aorta had ruptured in a second location and Ball quickly lost consciousness.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Escobar, riding in the seat beside him, suffered a ruptured aorta and later died.
From the thenewstribune.com
He died on Dec. 13, 2010, of complications from surgery to repair a torn aorta.
From the washingtonpost.com
Effect of apocynin on collagen and elastin content in thoracic aorta in DSH rats.
From the nature.com
The narrowing portion of his aorta was then cut out and a tube graft was inserted.
From the tennessean.com
Doctors worked for more than 20 hours to repair the tear in Holbrooke's aorta.
From the guardian.co.uk
The molecular basis of vascular lumen formation in the developing mouse aorta.
From the nature.com
Then he took the other tube and sewed it into a hole in the side of the aorta.
From the time.com
More examples
  • The large trunk artery that carries blood from the left ventricle of the heart to branch arteries
  • (aortic) aortal: of or relating to the aorta
  • Aorta were an American psychedelic rock band from Chicago who recorded two albums in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
  • (Aortic) diameters of 6 cm or more, and increase of diameter of 1 cm or more in a year, or developments of symptoms attributable to the aneurysm all constituted criteria for considering surgery.
  • The largest vessel of the systemic arterial system, from which the main arteries carrying oxygenated blood branch and subdivide into smaller and smaller vessels.
  • The front-most, non-pulsating portion of the dorsal blood vessel of an insect.
  • The major artery that carries blood out to your body.
  • The large artery that carries oxygen-rich blood from the heart. It descends into the abdomen where it gives off many branches to supply the organs. The superior mesenteric artery is a major branch of the aorta that is a common site of pancreatic cancer metastases.
  • A blood-containing tube that extends forward from the heart and is open anteriorly.