Aorta
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Citation:
Gaillard F, Hacking C, Baba Y, et al. Aorta. Reference article, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 09 Dec 2024) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-914
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At the time the article was created Frank Gaillard had no recorded disclosures.
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The aorta, the great artery, is the largest artery of the human body and carries oxygenated blood ejected from the left ventricle to the systemic circulation. It is divided into:
It has branches from each section and gradually tapers down to its termination where it bifurcates into the common iliac arteries anterior to the L4 vertebral body.
Variant anatomy
Related pathology
Quiz questions
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References
- 1. Sinnatamby CS. Last's Anatomy, Regional and Applied. Churchill Livingstone. (2011) ISBN:0702033944. Read it at Google Books - Find it at Amazon
- 2. Clemente CD. Anatomy. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. (2011) ISBN:1582558892. Read it at Google Books - Find it at Amazon
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Articles:
- Variant anatomy of the aortic arch
- Arteriosclerosis
- Unifocalisation procedure
- Trachea
- Truncus arteriosus
- Ascending aorta
- Rastelli procedure
- Bronchial artery
- Aortoiliac occlusive disease
- Organomegaly
- Normal radiological reference values
- Heart transplantation
- Aortoesophageal fistula
- Anomalous origin of one pulmonary artery
- Aortopulmonary septal defect
- Accessory hemiazygos vein
- Hypertensive heart disease
- Vertebral body endplate
- Giant cell arteritis
- Posterior abdominal wall
Cases:
- Aortic dissection
- Abdominal aortic thrombosis
- Abdominal aortic aneurysm with arterial thrombus
- Kommerell diverticulum
- Abdominal aortic aneurysm
- Incisional hernia
- Anatomical variant of coeliac artery branches with direct aortic origin
- Metastatic mid esophageal squamous cell carcinoma
- Aortic arches (Gray's illustration)
- Aortic stenosis with large arterial occlusive process
- Aortic coarcation (infantile type) - adult patient
- Infected thoracic aortic graft
- Aortic dissection with renal ischaemia
- Hepatic hydatid cyst and Nutcracker phenomenon
- Retroaortic left renal vein
- Great vessels (Gray's illustration)
- Nutcracker syndrome
- Takayasu arteritis
- Retroaortic left renal vein
- Transposition of inferior vena cava
Multiple choice questions:
Related articles: Anatomy: Thoracic
- thoracic skeleton
- thoracic cage
- thoracic spine
- articulations
- muscles of the thorax
- diaphragm
- intercostal space
- intercostal muscles
- variant anatomy
- spaces of the thorax
- thoracic viscera
- lower respiratory tract
-
heart
- cardiac chambers
- heart valves
- cardiac fibrous skeleton
- innervation of the heart
- development of the heart
- cardiac wall
-
pericardium
- epicardium
- epicardial fat pad
- pericardial space
- oblique pericardial sinus
- transverse pericardial sinus
-
pericardial recesses
- aortic recesses
- pulmonic recesses
- postcaval recess
- pulmonary venous recesses
- pericardial ligaments
- myocardium
- endocardium
-
pericardium
- oesophagus
- thymus
- breast
- arterial supply of the thorax
-
thoracic aorta (development)
-
ascending aorta
-
aortic root
- aortic annulus
-
coronary arteries
- coronary arterial dominance
- myocardial segments
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left main coronary artery (LMCA)
- ramus intermedius artery (RI)
-
circumflex artery (LCx)
- obtuse marginal branches (OM1, OM2, etc))
- Kugel's artery
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left anterior descending artery (LAD)
- diagonal branches (D1, D2, etc)
- septal perforators (S1, S2, etc)
-
right coronary artery (RCA)
- conus artery
- sinoatrial nodal artery
- acute marginal branches (AM1, AM2, etc)
- inferior interventricular artery (PDA)
- posterior left ventricular artery (PLV)
- congenital anomalies
- sinotubular junction
-
aortic root
- aortic arch
- aortic isthmus
- descending aorta
-
ascending aorta
- pulmonary trunk
-
thoracic aorta (development)
- venous drainage of the thorax
- superior vena cava (SVC)
- inferior vena cava (IVC)
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coronary veins
-
cardiac veins which drain into the coronary sinus
- great cardiac vein
- middle cardiac vein
- small cardiac vein
- posterior vein of the left ventricle
- vein of Marshall (oblique vein of the left atrium)
- anterior cardiac veins
- venae cordis minimae (smallest cardiac veins or thebesian veins)
-
cardiac veins which drain into the coronary sinus
- pulmonary veins
- bronchial veins
- thoracoepigastric vein
- lymphatics of the thorax
- innervation of the thorax
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