aorta

Key facts

Artery.Name

Aorta

Artery.Latin

aorta, arteria maxima

Artery.Image

Aorta segments.svg

Artery.Caption

Schematic view of the aorta and its segments

Artery.Image2

Aorta branches.svg

Artery.Caption2

Branches of the aorta

Artery.BranchFrom

Left ventricle

Artery.BranchTo

Ascending aorta: Right and left coronary arteries Arch of aorta (supra-aortic vessels): Brachiocephalic trunk Left common carotid artery Left subclavian artery Descending aorta, thoracic part: Left bronchial arteries Esophageal arteries to the thoracic part of the esophagus Third to eleventh posterior intercostal arteries and the subcostal arteries Descending aorta, abdominal part: Parietal branches: Inferior phrenic arteries Lumbar arteries Median sacral artery Visceral branches: Celiac trunk Middle suprarenal arteries Superior mesenteric artery Renal arteries Gonadal arteries (testicular in males, ovarian in females) Inferior mesenteric artery Terminal branches: Common iliac arteries Median sacral artery

Artery.Vein

Combination of coronary sinus, superior vena cava and inferior vena cava

Artery.Precursor

Truncus arteriosus, fourth left branchial artery, paired dorsal aortae (combine into the single descending aorta)

Artery.Supplies

The systemic circulation(entire body with exception of the respiratory zone of the lung which is supplied by the pulmonary circulation)

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• Aorta's pseudoaneurysm fistulized to pulmonary artery.Medicina intensiva · 2023Orera Pérez Á, Riaño Ondiviela A, Sanz Granado EDOI: 10.1016/j.medine.2022.07.018
• Fracture of porcine aorta. Part 2: FEM modelling and inverse parameter identification.Acta biomaterialia · 2023Alloisio M, Gasser TCDOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2023.06.020
• Development. Aorta's cardinal secret.Science (New York, N.Y.) · 2009Benedito R, Adams RHDOI: 10.1126/science.1181033
• Osteophytes' position in subjects with DISH and right-sided aorta: verification of the 'aortic pulsation protective effect' theory.Rheumatology (Oxford, England) · 2022Gliner-Ron M, Bercovich E, Herman A et al.DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/keac183
• Functional and structural changes in aorta of mice divergently selected for basal metabolic rate.Journal of comparative physiology. B, Biochemical, systemic, and environmental physiology · 2020Sawicka D, Maciak S, Kozłowska H et al.DOI: 10.1007/s00360-019-01252-6
• Variability in structure, morphology, and mechanical properties of the descending thoracic and infrarenal aorta around their circumference.Journal of the mechanical behavior of biomedical materials · 2024Kazim M, Razian SA, Zamani E et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2023.106332
• Nondestructive Evaluation of Mechanical and Histological Properties of the Human Aorta With Near-Infrared Spectroscopy.The Journal of surgical research · 2023Sarin JK, Kiema M, Luoto ES et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2023.01.016
• The effect of patient positioning on the relative position of the aorta to the thoracic spine.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2019Plataniotis N, Evangelopoulos DS, Katzouraki G et al.DOI: 10.1007/s00586-018-5812-9

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Wikidata facts

Image

Aorta scheme noTags.svg

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