Terms Related to Aorta

• Abdominal Aorta

  The aorta from the diaphragm to the bifurcation into the right and left common iliac arteries.

• Thoracic Aorta

  The portion of the descending aorta proceeding from the arch of the aorta and extending to the diaphragm.

• Truncus Arteriosus

  The embryonic arterial trunk arising from the heart which then divides into the aorta and the main pulmonary artery.

• Celiac Artery

  The arterial trunk that arises from the abdominal aorta and after a short course divides into the left gastric, common hepatic and splenic arteries.

• Descending Aorta

  The portion of the descending aorta proceeding from the arch of the aorta and extending to the diaphragm.

• Rabbit Aorta Contracting Substance

  An unstable intermediate between the prostaglandin endoperoxides and thromboxane B2. The compound has a bicyclic oxaneoxetane structure. It is a potent inducer of platelet aggregation ...

• Great Vessels Transposition

  A congenital cardiovascular malformation in which the aorta arises entirely from the right ventricle and the pulmonary artery from the left ventricle, so that the ...