How to Use aorta in a Sentence

aorta

noun
Definition of aortanext
  • The cause of death was a shot through the sternum that struck the aorta and lodged in the spine.
    — Matt Campbell, kansascity, 16 May 2017
  • The aorta is the main artery that carries blood away from the heart to the rest of the body and brain.
    — Dr. Jade Cobern, ABC News, 14 Dec. 2022
  • His death was found to be the cause of a ruptured aorta.
    — Chloe Melas, CNN, 17 May 2017
  • An aorta is the large artery that carries the blood from the heart through the chest and torso.
    — Melissa Montoya, Peoplemag, 14 Dec. 2022
  • In Wahl’s case, the bulge was in the aorta, the largest artery carrying blood away from the heart.
    — Brenda Goodman, CNN, 14 Dec. 2022
  • And that blade had gone through, and the X-rays revealed that the tip of the blade was on the edge of my aorta, the main artery.
    — CNN, 4 Apr. 2018
  • She was stabbed in each breast and in the back, which damaged her aorta and left lung.
    — Kc Baker, PEOPLE.com, 16 Nov. 2021
  • She had also been stabbed in the back, a deep wound that pierced her lung and aorta.
    — Lane Sainty, The Arizona Republic, 3 Oct. 2022
  • The shots included one to the back of the head and the fatal wound to the upper back, which tore the aorta, Kobayashi said.
    — Jennifer Sinco Kelleher, Star Tribune, 20 July 2021
  • So at the base of the aorta, where the blood goes to the body, there are two arteries that start and go down through the whole heart.
    — Steven Strogatz, Quanta Magazine, 12 July 2023
  • It would be placed in the aorta, which is the large artery that supplies blood to vital organs and the rest of the body.
    — Andrea Leinfelder, Houston Chronicle, 17 July 2019
  • His aorta tore like an old garden hose left out in the sun too long.
    — Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2019
  • The scan showed no blood outside her aorta, Singh said.
    — Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2023
  • The doctor then inserts the catheter into the femoral artery at the top of the thigh and threads it up to the opening between the heart and the aorta.
    — Howard Lewine, sun-sentinel.com, 28 Aug. 2019
  • That is when blood leaks through a tear in the inner layer of the aorta, the large artery that carries blood away from the heart to the rest of the body.
    — CBS News, 6 Mar. 2020
  • An aortic aneurysm is a balloon-like bulge in the aorta.
    — Dr. Jade Cobern, ABC News, 14 Dec. 2022
  • One of the sheaths carries a stent graft that surgeons can place inside the aorta.
    — Trihealth Dailyhealthwire, Cincinnati.com, 19 Feb. 2018
  • Hartridge, who was working at the bar that night, got involved in the scuffle and stabbed Dawkins once in the heart and aorta.
    — Elizabeth Keogh, New York Daily News, 16 Apr. 2024
  • Both women had suffered a fatal stab wound to the back that pierced their lungs and aortas.
    — Lane Sainty, The Arizona Republic, 6 Apr. 2023
  • Blood rushes through the tear, causing the inner and middle layers of the aorta to split.
    — Lanae Brody, Peoplemag, 19 Oct. 2022
  • For Sichuan-style hot pot, people like intestines and aortas in them.
    — Momo Chang, San Francisco Chronicle, 9 Feb. 2018
  • Salvador’s cancer was metastatic and had spread to the Lymph nodes near his aorta, Roth says.
    — Wendy Grossman Kantor, Peoplemag, 16 May 2024
  • Medicine or surgery can repair the aorta, depending on the size and location of the bulge.
    — Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY, 14 Dec. 2022
  • If confirmed, Shaw will fill the seat that became vacant when Birch died of a torn aorta Aug. 7.
    — James Brooks, Anchorage Daily News, 31 Aug. 2019
  • An unruptured aneurysm quietly bulged in my aorta, the main artery of the body.
    — Johnny Diaz, New York Times, 22 Sep. 2020
  • The cause was a transected aorta, said a grandson, Brett Mead.
    — Bart Barnes, Washington Post, 23 Jan. 2018
  • The drug also affected the aorta, the body's largest artery, and left many users in need of heart valve replacements.
    — Jack Guy and Saskya Vandoorne, CNN, 23 Sep. 2019
  • Pig and human hearts each are attached to a large artery known as the aorta as well as to a large vein known as the vena cava.
    — Amy Dockser Marcus, WSJ, 31 Oct. 2022
  • The arteries are transposed from their normal positions in that the aorta begins at the right ventricle instead of the left and the pulmonary artery begins at the left ventricle instead of the right.
    — Anna Giorgi, Verywell Health, 8 Aug. 2024
  • Meanwhile, resting on your right side later in pregnancy may compress the aorta, the main artery responsible for pumping blood throughout the body.
    — Elisa Cinelli, Parents, 2 July 2024

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