Definition of "aorta" []

• The main trunk of the systemic arteries, carrying blood from the left side of the heart to the arteries of all limbs and organs except the lungs. (noun)

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• "The fact that the horn barely missed the aorta is an UNBELIEVABLE piece of luck is what I meant to say."
• "Surgeons reconstruct the heart so that the aorta is attached to the left ventricle and the pulmonary artery is attached to the right ventricle."
• "The aorta is the main artery that carries blood with oxygen out of the heart to the body."