Cardiovascular system
Ascending aorta
Aorta ascendens
- System
- Cardiovascular system
- Regions
- Trunk
- Part of
- Aorta
DescriptionUnreviewed
The ascending aorta (AAo) is a portion of the aorta commencing at the upper part of the base of the left ventricle, on a level with the lower border of the third costal cartilage behind the left half of the sternum.
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Names
- Latin
- Aorta ascendens
- English
- Ascending aorta
- French
- Aorte ascendante
- Spanish
- Aorta ascendente
- Portuguese
- Aorta ascendente