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  2. Aorta - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  3. Dorsal aorta - Wikipedia

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    Each primitive aorta anteriorly receives the vitelline vein from the yolk-sac, and is prolonged [clarification needed] backward on the lateral aspect of the notochord under the name of the dorsal aorta. The dorsal aortae give branches to the yolk-sac, and are continued backward through the body-stalk as the umbilical arteries to the villi of ...

  4. List of arteries of the human body - Wikipedia

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    Ascending aorta: Left coronary artery: LAD: Right coronary artery: Circumflex a: Aortic arch: Brachiocephalic a: R common carotid a: R subclavian a: L common carotid a: Internal carotid a: External carotid a: L subclavian a: Vertebral artery: Int. thoracic a: Thyrocervical trunk: Costocervical trunk: Dorsal scapular artery (mostly) Descending ...

  5. Aortic sac - Wikipedia

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    The aortic sac or aortic bulb [1] is a dilated structure in mammalian embryos, lined by endothelial cells and is the most distal part of the truncus arteriosus. [2] It is the primordial vascular channel from which the aortic arches arise (and eventually the dorsal aortae) and is homologous to the ventral aorta of gill-bearing vertebrates.

  6. Heart - Wikipedia

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    The fourth and final chamber is the conus arteriosus, which contains several valves and sends blood to the ventral aorta. The ventral aorta delivers blood to the gills where it is oxygenated and flows, through the dorsal aorta, into the rest of the body. (In tetrapods, the ventral aorta has divided in two; one half forms the ascending aorta ...

  7. Aortic body - Wikipedia

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    A paraganglioma, also known as a chemodectoma, is a tumor that may involve an aortic body. [9] Swelling can also occur. [vague] These bodies detect blood pressure and are involving in passing out and Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome.

  8. Cisterna chyli - Wikipedia

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    In humans, the cisterna chyli is located posterior to the abdominal aorta on the anterior aspect of the bodies of the first and second lumbar vertebrae (L1 and L2). There it forms the beginning of the primary lymph vessel, the thoracic duct, which transports lymph and chyle from the abdomen via the aortic opening of the diaphragm up to the junction of left subclavian vein and internal jugular ...

  9. List of anatomy mnemonics - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of human anatomy mnemonics, categorized and alphabetized.For mnemonics in other medical specialties, see this list of medical mnemonics.Mnemonics serve as a systematic method for remembrance of functionally or systemically related items within regions of larger fields of study, such as those found in the study of specific areas of human anatomy, such as the bones in the hand ...