Aorta
- Origin and course:
- Starts from left ventricle and ends in
abdomen by bifurcating into common iliac arteries at the level of L
vertebra
- Arches out of the heart, ascends first,
arches posteriorly and then descends down toward the lower body.
- Largest blood vessel
- Diameter of about one inch
- Divided into
- the ascending aorta
- the arch of the aorta
- the descending aorta.
- Appearance in
