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How To Use aorta In A Sentence

• At this level the bifurcation of the abdominal aorta into common iliac arteries has almost been completed.
• An aortogram shows opacification of pulmonary arteries, veins and right atrium as well as the aorta.
• The increasing swelling of an aneurysm of the aorta may press on the spine and chest organs.
• Most aortic aneurysms occur in the abdominal aorta, the main cause being arteriosclerosis.
• The aortal trunk, G, of the arterial system is disposed along the median line, as well for its own safety as for the fitting distribution of those branches which spring symmetrically from either side of it to supply the lateral regions of the body. Surgical Anatomy
• Blood then courses down through the descending aorta and comes back to the placenta where it gets oxygenated again by way of two umbilical arteries.
• As compared to the ascending aorta, 30-50% narrowing was seen in the coarctate segment in 3 cases.
• We suggest that this is misleading as different workers have used different sizes of the aorta to define an aneurysm.
• When the heart fibrillates as a result of hypothermia, the surgeon crossclamps the ascending aorta using a medium Fogarty clamp.
• The fact that the horn barely missed the aorta is an UNBELIEVABLE piece of luck is what I meant to say. Close Calls: Gored By a Bull Elk