Aorta

The aorta ( /eɪˈɔrtə/; from Greek ἀορτή - aortē, from ἀείρω - aeirō "I lift, raise") is the largest artery in the body, originating from the left ventricle of the heart and extending down to the abdomen, where it bifurcates into two smaller arteries (the common iliacs). The aorta distributes oxygenated blood to all parts of the body through the systemic circulation.

The aorta is usually divided into five segments/sections:

All amniotes have a broadly similar arrangement to that of humans, albeit with a number of individual variations. In fish, however, there are two separate vessels referred to as aortas. The ventral aorta carries de-oxygenated blood from the heart to the gills; part of this vessel forms the ascending aorta in tetrapods (the remainder forms the pulmonary artery). A second, dorsal aorta carries oxygenated blood from the gills to the rest of the body, and is homologous with the descending aorta of tetrapods. The two aortas are connected by a number of vessels, one passing through each of the gills. Amphibians also retain the fifth connecting vessel, so that the aorta has two parallel arches.

'Aorta' is featured as a movie character in the following productions:

Lodo (2009)

Actors: Karlos Alastruey (writer), Karlos Alastruey (director), Karlos Alastruey (producer), Karlos Alastruey (producer), María Marchena (producer), Javier Alastruey (writer), Ander Janin (actor), Aintzane Alastruey (actress), Ander Janin (producer), Javier Baigorri (actor), Natxo Leuza (editor), Sergio Lasuén (composer), María Txokarro (actress), María Txokarro (actress), Ana Caramés (actress),

Plot: Three levels in Sara's mind: obsessions from her past, ghosts from the present, push her towards her own inner hell. Five people in a dark, desert city, have already given up finding an answer to their situation, until a newcomer forces them to question their place and role in that world. Sara travels through a lonely landscape trying to leave her crumbling world behind, but some people from it won't let her go. A teenager Sara walks by a beach at sunset, when she steps on a red viscous substance.

Keywords: darkness, desert, father-daughter-relationship, husband-wife-relationship, inner-demon, mall, metaphor, mother-daughter-relationship, mud, night
Genres: Drama, Fantasy,
Taglines: Three levels in Sara's mind: obsessions from her past, ghosts from the present, push her towards her own inner hell.

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File - This low-angle self-portrait of NASA's Curiosity Mars rover shows the vehicle above the "Buckskin" rock target, where the mission collected its seventh drilled sample.

NASA Curiosity rover discovers unexpected mineral on Mars

Edit Deccan Chronicle 26 Jun 2016

NASA's Curiosity rover has discovered an unexpected mineral in a rock sample on Mars, a finding that suggests the red planet hosted explosive volcanoes during its evolution. The Mars Science Laboratory rover, Curiosity, has been exploring sedimentary rocks within Gale Crater since landing in August 2012 ... ‘On Earth, tridymite is formed at high temperatures in an explosive process called silicic volcanism ... ....

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UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (centre) attends the Yemen Peace Talks in Kuwait City, 26 June 2016.

Yemen clashes intensify as Ban Ki-moon pushes peace in Kuwait

Edit The National 26 Jun 2016

Aden // Fighting between Yemeni government forces and Houthi rebels killed 41 people on several fronts on Sunday, as UN chief Ban Ki-moon urged the rival factions to accept a peace plan. UN sponsored talks between the Iran-backed Houthi rebels and the internationally recognised government of President Abdrabu Mansur Hadi have failed to achieve a breakthrough since starting in Kuwait on April 21 ... *Agence France-Presse ....

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File - Some of the four Kenyans who are taking The British government to court, with left-right; Wambugu Wa Nyingi, Jane Muthoni Mara, Paulo Nzili, outside the Royal Courts of Justice, in central London, Thursday, April 7, 2011, as four elderly Kenyans who claim that they were severely beaten and tortured by British officers during an anti-colonial rebellion in the 1950s are taking their case to court in London.

Kenyan, 94, testifies about killings by British soldiers

Edit The Guardian 26 Jun 2016

Court in central London hears witness recall being beaten and seeing companions shot dead during Mau Mau insurgency. @owenbowcott. Nelson Njao Munyaka witnessed two companions being shot dead by British soldiers; he carried their corpses to a white settler’s farm in Kenya’s Rift Valley. Both victims had taken the Mau Mau oath and been trying to escape ... Related. UK to compensate Kenya's Mau Mau torture victims ... Twitter ... ....

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Demonstrators opposing Britain's exit from the European Union in Parliament Square following yesterday's EU referendum result hold a protest in London, Saturday, June 25, 2016.

Can wounds ever heal in divided UK?

Edit CNN 26 Jun 2016

(CNN)The referendum vote to quit the European Union has left the United Kingdom a more divided society than ever before. In fifty years reporting politics I have never encountered such shock and anger. the morning the result was announced my phone was red hot, mostly with younger friends convinced the older generation had, through indulging their prejudices, sold them down the river ... It's Brexit ... by Donald Trump. Read More ... future ... ....

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Singapore Airlines flight SQ368 catches fire during emergency landing; passengers safe

Edit DNA India 27 Jun 2016

-->. A Singapore Airlines (SIA) flight en route to Milan today caught fire while making an emergency landing at Changi Airport here ... When they landed he said engine was on fire, he could see flames ... ....

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Texas Medical Center grew from small hospital that rose up in swampland

Edit Houston Chronicle 27 Jun 2016

Generations later, the French doors that led to the balconies were replaced and sealed shut, falling victim to sanitation requirements ... DeBakey, chairman of surgery at Baylor and chief of surgery at Methodist Hospital, developed the first operations to repair degenerating abdominal aortas, leading the way to open heart surgery and the development of Dacron as a replacement for the failing blood vessels ... > ....

Surgery helps 23-year-old woman with rare disorder step out of home after 3 yrs

Edit The Times of India 26 Jun 2016

MUMBAI ... The congenital condition essentially means that her main blood vessels - the aorta and the superior mesenteric artery - are at such angles that they compressed the left kidney vein ... "The problem became so acute that I had to quit my job and stay home," she said ... "She recently underwent a CT scan that showed her left renal vein was getting pinched between the aorta and superior mesenteric artery ... RELATED. From around the web....

A Charlotte judge recovers after open heart surgery

Edit The Charlotte Observer 24 Jun 2016

On Sunday morning, the phone at Lisa Bell’s home rang a little after 8 ... That’s a routine request for a Superior Court judge to get ... On June 6, Bell underwent a three hour and 45 minute operation to replace a defective aortic valve and replace a damaged portion of the aorta itself ... She had trouble breathing ... The problem with her valve – the aorta is the I-77 of blood flow – made her heart work significant harder to do its job....

'Miracle surgery' at OGH gives new life to 19-yr-old

Edit The Times of India 24 Jun 2016

HYDERABAD ... "With only a few published cases in medical literature, the solution was a complex one as it involved performing two renal bypass surgeries to ensure that both his kidneys get blood supply from heart via the aorta ... "Both interventional radiologists and vascular surgeons attempted to treat the case but treatment could not be taken up due to diseased condition of the aorta," said Dr Madhusudhan ... RELATED. From around the web....

Broadcaster Ivan Martin taking it 'one day at a time' after heart surgery

Edit Belfast Telegraph 24 Jun 2016

Broadcaster Ivan Martin has spoken of how he is taking "one day at a time" after undergoing life-saving open heart surgery. The 64-year-old father-of-two endured a six-hour operation two weeks ago to replace a valve in his aorta - which controls the flow of blood from the heart to the rest of the body - with a bovine replacement valve. Share Go To ... "I'm very much feeling governed by what he told me to do ... He said ... ....

Say You Were a Pregnant Woman in Liberia… (Partners in Health)

Edit Public Technologies 24 Jun 2016

(Source. Partners in Health) ... The clinic has no plumbing, so buckets of well water are brought in to try to keep things sanitary ... Hnede A ... Quiwea says the woman arrived for her prenatal visit, and the nurse-well-intentioned but harried, using a fetus cup and straining to hear over the commotion in the hallways-probably confused the thup-thup sound made by the mother's abdominal aorta with the thup-thup of the fetus's heart ... Share . ... (noodl....

Albert Einstein died from an Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm, but you don’t have to (St Elizabeths Hospital)

Edit Public Technologies 23 Jun 2016

An abdominal aortic aneurysm is a bulge in the main blood vessel in your body, the aorta, as it travels through the abdomen and can be caused by hardening of the arteries (atherosclerosis) ... The screening includes a brief ultrasound, using sound waves to create a picture of the abdominal aorta. The width of the aorta is then measured to determine if there is a bulge....

Mumbai hospital successfully fits woman with cow’s heart valve

Edit Gulf News 23 Jun 2016

Amita Patki was diagnosed with aortic aneurysm — enlargement of the aorta ... ....

FDA approves study of new aneurysm device developed by Sanford Health (Sanford Health)

Edit Public Technologies 21 Jun 2016

- Sanford Vascular Innovations, a division of Sanford Health working on technology to improve vascular surgery and endovascular care, has been approved by the FDA to study a new device to treat complex aneurysms occurring in the descending aorta ... 'In appropriate situations, covering shorter areas of the aorta can lessen the chance of paraplegia for patients who have shorter aneurysms.'....

FDA approves study of new aneurysm device developed by Sanford Health (Sanford Health - Fargo, ND)

Edit Public Technologies 21 Jun 2016

The Starting Line (Technion - Israel Institute of Technology)

Edit Public Technologies 21 Jun 2016

(Source. Technion - Israel Institute of Technology). Building the ventral midline. The midline is marked by the matrix protein laminin (red staining, white arrow). Cells (marked in green) migrate towards the midline but do not cross it X ... This is despite the importance of this line, on and around which the heart, navel, genitals, aorta, digestive system, sternum, bladder, liver, pancreas, lungs and more are formed ... Arraf says ... (noodl....

A tiny pump comes to the aid of weakened hearts (EPFL - École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne)

Edit Public Technologies 20 Jun 2016

(Source. EPFL - École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne). 20.06.16- EPFL researchers have developed an innovative cardiac support system in the form of a small ring placed on the aorta ... Their device is made up of three tiny rings made out of a material with special electrical properties ... The researchers' innovation was to place these rings around the aorta - the body's main artery - at the exact spot where it exits the left ventricle....

St. Jude Medical HeartMate 3 Left Ventricular Assist System Wins CARDIOSTIM-EHRA EUROPACE Innovation Award (St Jude Medical Inc)

Edit Public Technologies 20 Jun 2016

(Source. St Jude Medical Inc) http.//www.businesswire.com/news/home/20160620005401/en/. Dr. Mark Carlson, Chief Medical Officer at St. Jude Medical and Dr ... (Photo. Business Wire) ... The St ... Jude Medical ... The HeartMate 3 LVAS is implanted above the diaphragm, immediately next to the native heart, and is attached to the aorta leaving natural circulation in place while providing all of the energy necessary to propel blood throughout the body ... St....

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NASA Curiosity rover discovers unexpected mineral on Mars

Yemen clashes intensify as Ban Ki-moon pushes peace in Kuwait

Kenyan, 94, testifies about killings by British soldiers

Can wounds ever heal in divided UK?

Singapore Airlines flight SQ368 catches fire during emergency landing; passengers safe

You can search using any combination of the items listed below.

Texas Medical Center grew from small hospital that rose up in swampland

Surgery helps 23-year-old woman with rare disorder step out of home after 3 yrs

A Charlotte judge recovers after open heart surgery

'Miracle surgery' at OGH gives new life to 19-yr-old

Broadcaster Ivan Martin taking it 'one day at a time' after heart surgery

Say You Were a Pregnant Woman in Liberia… (Partners in Health)

Albert Einstein died from an Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm, but you don’t have to (St Elizabeths Hospital)

Mumbai hospital successfully fits woman with cow’s heart valve

FDA approves study of new aneurysm device developed by Sanford Health (Sanford Health)

FDA approves study of new aneurysm device developed by Sanford Health (Sanford Health - Fargo, ND)

The Starting Line (Technion - Israel Institute of Technology)

A tiny pump comes to the aid of weakened hearts (EPFL - École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne)

St. Jude Medical HeartMate 3 Left Ventricular Assist System Wins CARDIOSTIM-EHRA EUROPACE Innovation Award (St Jude Medical Inc)