aorta

• The thoracic aorta is a branch of the descending aorta, which transports blood from the heart to the other organs and parts of the body.
• In between the fabric wrap and the aorta is a small polyurethane balloon that inflates and deflates, which helps to pump the blood. —  Medindia Health News
• The length of that portion of the aorta which is called thoracic, is determined by the position of the pillars of the diaphragm F, which span the vessel; and from this point to where the aorta divides into the two common iliac arteries, the main vessel is named abdominal. —  Surgical Anatomy
• The point of the stiletto has passed entirely through the aorta, which is the great vessel rising out of the heart and carrying the aerated blood to the arteries. —  The Ape, the Idiot ; Other People
• The thoracic ganglia supply with motor fibres that portion of the aorta which is above the diaphragm, the esophagus, and the lungs In the abdomen the sympathetic centers are situated upon the coeliac artery, and are termed, collectively, the semilunar coeliac ganglion_. —  The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser in Plain English or, Medicine Simplified, 54th ed., One Million, Six Hundred and Fifty Thousand

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