AORTA
What does "AORTA" mean?
The main artery carrying blood from the heart to the rest of the body.
Meanings
- The large artery that leaves the left ventricle of the heart and supplies oxygenated blood to the body. The surgeon clamped the aorta before repairing the valve. technical
Did you know?
- Aristotle coined the word 'aorta' around the 4th century BC, from a Greek verb meaning 'to lift', picturing the great vessel as hung from the heart.
- The aorta is the body's largest blood vessel, roughly the diameter of a garden hose, and pumps the body's entire blood volume through itself every minute or so at rest.
Word origin
From Greek 'aorte', a term Aristotle used for the great artery, from 'aeirein', to lift or heave, perhaps because the vessel seemed to be hung from the heart.
Remember it
AORTA starts with A for the Arch it makes - and it's the Artery Out, Reaching The body Always.
A little poem
One great red highway-
from a fist-sized engine, all
the miles of the self.
haiku
What it teaches
Everything downstream depends on one vessel kept whole; guard the single point that feeds the rest.
Quick facts
What does AORTA mean?
The main artery carrying blood from the heart to the rest of the body.
Is AORTA a valid word?
Yes — AORTA is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is AORTA?
AORTA has 5 letters and 3 syllables.
Where does AORTA come from?
From Greek 'aorte', a term Aristotle used for the great artery, from 'aeirein', to lift or heave, perhaps because the vessel seemed to be hung from the heart.
What can AORTA teach us?
Everything downstream depends on one vessel kept whole; guard the single point that feeds the rest.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.