aortic arches
1Aortic arches — Infobox Embryology Name = PAGENAME Latin = GraySubject = 135 GrayPage = 515 Caption = Scheme of the aortic arches and their destination. Caption2 = Profile view of a human embryo estimated at twenty or twenty one days old. System = CarnegieStage …
2aortic arches — the pairs of arteries running through the branchial arches, connecting the ventral aorta with the dorsal aorta (or for the first two arches to the internal carotid artery). The last four carry the blood supply to and from the gills …
3Aortic septum — Infobox Embryology Name = PAGENAME Latin = GraySubject = 135 GrayPage = 514 Caption = Heart of human embryo of about thirty five days, opened on right side. (Aortic septum labeled at center right.) Caption2 = Diagrams to show the development of… …
4Aortic arch — Infobox Artery Name = PAGENAME Latin = arcus aortae GraySubject = 142 GrayPage = 547 Caption = Plan of the branches. Caption2 = The arch of the aorta, and its branches. BranchFrom = ascending aorta BranchTo = brachiocephalic artery, left common… …
5Aortic arch — The aortic arch is the second section of the aorta, the largest artery in the body. The aorta arises from the left ventricle of the heart and first goes up, then bends, and goes down. The part that goes up is termed the ascending aorta, the part… …
6aortic arch syndrome — ▪ pathology group of disorders that cause blockage of the vessels that branch off from the aorta in the area in which the aorta arches over the heart. The aorta is the principal vessel through which the heart pumps oxygen rich blood into… …
7aortic arch — noun the part of the aorta that arches and turns downward • Hypernyms: ↑aorta * * * noun : one of the branches that arise from the ascending aorta in pairs in fishes and the embryos of higher vertebrates and pass to the gill clefts of either side …
8aortic arch — Embryol. one member of a series of paired curved blood vessels that arise in the embryo from the ventral aorta, pass around the pharynx through the branchial arches, and join with the dorsal aorta to form the great vessels of the head and neck.… …
9aortic sac — the homologue in mammalian embryos of the ventral aorta, from which arise the arteries of the pharyngeal arches …
10aortic arch — aor′tic arch′ n. one member of a series of paired curved blood vessels that arise in the embryo from the ventral aorta, pass around the pharynx through the branchial arches, and join with the dorsal aorta to form the great vessels of the head and …
