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aortic arches

aortic arches is the plural of aortic arch.

Meaning of aortic arch

Noun

aortic arch (plural aortic arches)

  1. The curving portion of the aorta that bends between the ascending aorta and the descending aorta, from which the brachiocephalic artery, left carotid artery, and left subclavian artery arise.
  2. One of a series of six paired embryonic vascular structures which connect the ventral arterial system lying anterior to the heart to the dorsal arterial system above the digestive tract, persist in adult fishes but are reduced or much modified in the adult of higher forms, and give rise to the great arteries of the neck and head.

Questions about aortic arches

What is aortic arches the plural of?
Aortic arches is the plural of aortic arch.

Words near aortic arches in the dictionary

  1. aortectasia
  2. aortectasis
  3. aortic
  4. aortic arch
  5. aortic arch syndrome
  6. aortic arches
  7. aortic regurg
  8. aortic valve
  9. aortic valves
  10. aortically
  11. aortico-

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