The ascending aorta is the section that goes up directly from the heart.    From LearnThat.org.  [http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-an-aorta.htm]

The fact that the horn barely missed the aorta is an UNBELIEVABLE piece of luck is what I meant to say.    From Wordnik.com.  [Close Calls: Gored By a Bull Elk] Reference

The more the aorta is narrowed, the more severe the symptoms will be.    From Wordnik.com.  [Coarctation of the Aorta] Reference

The aorta is the main artery that carries oxygenated blood out of the heart to the body.    From Wordnik.com.  [Coarctation of the Aorta] Reference

The aorta is the main artery that carries blood with oxygen out of the heart to the body.    From Wordnik.com.  [Interruption of the Aortic Arch] Reference

The aortic valve, which separates the left ventricle and the aorta, is too small or completely closed (atretic).    From Wordnik.com.  [Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome (HLHS)] Reference

You know, the aorta is a much bigger blood vessel.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Mar 27, 2008] Reference

The aorta is the main artery carrying blood from the heart.    From Wordnik.com.  [Medlogs - Recent stories] Reference

Now the aorta is the largest blood vessel that actually leaves the heart.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Sep 12, 2003] Reference

And the aorta is the part that comes from the heart to the rest of the body.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jun 16, 2008] Reference

The aorta is the artery that carries blood from the heart to smaller arteries.    From Wordnik.com.  [The News Tribune - Tacoma - Homepage] Reference

The aorta is the major artery carrying blood from the heart to other parts of the body.    From Wordnik.com.  [Special envoy Richard Holbrooke has surgery for tear in aorta] Reference

The aorta is the major artery that carries blood out of the heart to other parts of the body.    From Wordnik.com.  [Reuters: Top News] Reference

My aorta is the largest artery located in my body and is about the diameter of a garden hose.    From Wordnik.com.  [Those "25 Random Things About Me" lists are not random.] Reference

Because he had massive bleeding into his aorta, which is a major blood vessel leaving the heart.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Sep 12, 2003] Reference

The aorta is the largest artery of the body and carries oxygenated blood from heart to other parts of the body.    From Wordnik.com.  [Medindia Health News] Reference

The aorta is the largest and strongest artery in the body, branching into other arteries which spread throughout the body.    From Wordnik.com.  [CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]] Reference

John had had a hip operation and had also been diagnosed with an aneurysm of the aorta, which is a life-threatening condition.    From Wordnik.com.  [WalesOnline - Home] Reference

SANJAY GUPTA, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, a dissection of the aorta, the aorta is the largest blood vessel that's leaving the heart.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Sep 12, 2003] Reference

In between the fabric wrap and the aorta is a small polyurethane balloon that inflates and deflates, which helps to pump the blood.    From Wordnik.com.  [Medindia Health News] Reference

GUPTA: There's something called an aneurysm of the aorta which is a weakening of that blood vessel.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Sep 12, 2003] Reference

"Infection of the aorta is the most serious surgical emergency there is.    From Wordnik.com.  [ABC News: ABCNews] Reference

The aorta is a very large vessel, and if it were burst bleeding to death would be very rapid. ".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Hand in the Dark] Reference

"Because the aorta is the body's main supplier of blood, a ruptured aortic aneurysm can cause life-threatening bleeding.    From Wordnik.com.  [Marketwire - Breaking News Releases] Reference

The thoracic ganglia supply with motor fibres that portion of the aorta which is above the diaphragm, the esophagus, and the lungs.    From Wordnik.com.  [The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser in Plain English or, Medicine Simplified, 54th ed., One Million, Six Hundred and Fifty Thousand] Reference

One glance at a traditional Swiss menu can clog the aorta.    From Wordnik.com.  [Taking It Slow] Reference

Analogy between the branches arising from both ends of the aorta.    From Wordnik.com.  [Surgical Anatomy] Reference

C. C.mmencement of the systemic aorta, ascending part of aortic arch.    From Wordnik.com.  [Surgical Anatomy] Reference

Anastomosing branches of the thoracic and abdominal parts of the aorta.    From Wordnik.com.  [Surgical Anatomy] Reference

Swiss menus have a wearying sameness, as well as a tendency to clog the aorta.    From Wordnik.com.  [Banking on the Swiss] Reference

Walls are hung with Toulouse-Lautrec; the windows are stacked with aorta-clogging pastries.    From Wordnik.com.  [ENTENTE NOT-SO-CORDIALE] Reference

“Careful,” he joked, clutching his heart in mock distress, “you just slit my aorta.”.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Gift] Reference

Symmetrical arrangement of the vessels arising from the median thoracico-abdominal aorta, &c.    From Wordnik.com.  [Surgical Anatomy] Reference

The twins, known as Mary and Jodie, were born joined at the abdomen, sharing a spine and an aorta.    From Wordnik.com.  [An Ethical Quandary] Reference

If the heart be injected from the abdominal aorta, the aortal arch will flatten against the sternum.    From Wordnik.com.  [Surgical Anatomy] Reference

The left ventricle sends its charge into the aorta, and through this by the arteries to the body at large.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Harvard Classics Volume 38 Scientific Papers (Physiology, Medicine, Surgery, Geology)] Reference

Doctors take a length of blood vessel-often a piece of vein from the thigh-and attach it to the aorta (diagram).    From Wordnik.com.  [Going Under The Knife] Reference

And how should the semiluftars hinder the regress of spirits from the aorta upon each supervening diastole of the heart?.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Harvard Classics Volume 38 Scientific Papers (Physiology, Medicine, Surgery, Geology)] Reference

Doctors surgically removed the battery and sent Aidan home, but he died a few days later when his aorta burst, Truett said.    From Wordnik.com.  [Toy Recall: Report Says Small Batteries Are A Rising Danger] Reference