How to Use aorta in a Sentence

aorta

noun

• 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
• 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
• Her doctors did, though, especially when her aorta ballooned out even more, threatening to rupture, which could be fatal.
  — Ed Stannard, Hartford Courant, 12 Apr. 2024

Last Updated: 28 Dec 2024