📚 Aorta, noun. 🔉 /eɪˈɔːtə/ 🇬🇧 ❓ Definition: The main artery of the body, supplying oxygenated blood to the circulatory system. In humans it passes over the heart from the left ventricle and runs down in front of the backbone. ❗️ Examples: 1. At this time, the surgeon begins to develop a dissection plane between the aorta and the pulmonary artery. 2. In an embryo, the aorta and the pulmonary artery are initially a single vessel. 3. The pump device works by assisting the function of the left ventricle, improving blood supply to the aorta and so to the rest of the body. 4. What they die of is called dissection of the aorta, the artery which leaves the heart to supply blood to the rest of the body. 5. The coronary arteries open from the beginning of the aorta and take blood to all parts of the heart tissue. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🌀 @cambridge_dic