[NA]. A large artery of the elastic type which is the main trunk of the systemic arterial system, arising from the base of the left ventricle and ending at the left side of the body of the fourth lumbar vertebra by dividing to form the right and left common iliac arteries. The aorta is formed from: ascending aorta; aortic arch; and descending aorta, which is divided into the thoracic aorta and the abdominal aorta. Syn: arteria aorta.
Origin
abdominal aorta
aorta abdominalis
aorta angusta
aorta ascendens
ascending aorta
buckled aorta
aorta descendens
descending aorta
dynamic aorta
kinked aorta
overriding aorta
primitive aorta
pseudocoarctation of the aorta
shaggy aorta
thoracic aorta
aorta thoracica
ventral aortas