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Thoracic Aorta and Arteries Summary
699 words, approx. 2 pages The thoracic aorta is a special region of the descending aorta as it passes through the mediastinum of the thorax. Superiorly (upward), the thoracic aorta is continuous with the aortic arch and inferiorly (downward), it becomes the abdominal aorta as...
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Aorta Summary
450 words, approx. 2 pages An elastic artery and the largest blood vessel in the vertebrate body, the aorta distributes blood from the heart to the circulatory system. Oxygenated blood is pumped into the aortic arch from the left ventricle. Several small arteries branch from the...
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 The aorta (pronounced "ay-OR-tuh") is the largest artery in the human body, originating from the left ventricle of the heart and bringing oxygenated blood to all parts of the body in the systemic...




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Pioneering surgeon becomes patient
12/25/2006: 351 words, approx. 1 pages Dr. Michael DeBakey says he was reluctant to undergo the very heart operation he pioneered because, at his age, he feared it might leave him mentally or physically crippled, if he survived it."I'd rather die," he told The New York Times in a rare interview...
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Experiment Aims to Repair Aneurysms
9/11/2006: 712 words, approx. 2 pages Edward Mooney had a weak spot on his largest blood vessel that he knew too well could burst and kill him almost instantly: That's how both his parents died. His doctor offered an experimental fix, using tiny corkscrew-shaped staples to patch the...
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NY cop charged in unarmed man's death
12/6/2007: 390 words, approx. 1 pages A police officer pleaded not guilty Wednesday to a manslaughter charge in the shooting death of an unarmed man after a May car accident.A grand jury's indictment of Officer Raphael Lora was unsealed in a Bronx courtroom Wednesday. He was released on $50,000 bail. He...
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Teen matador nearly killed in Mexico
4/16/2007: 771 words, approx. 3 pages A 14-year-old matador who left Spain to escape his home country's ban on young bullfighters was nearly gored to death in a Mexican ring, his lung punctured by a 900-pound bull.Jairo Miguel, who has been bullfighting professionally in Mexico for about the past two years,...


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