Ascending aorta - Wikipedia
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OverviewStructureRelationsBranchesClinical significanceDiagnosticsIt passes obliquely upward, forward, and to the right, in the direction of the heart's axis, as high as the upper border of the second right costal cartilage, describing a slight curve in its course, and being situated, about 6 centimetres (2.4 in) behind the posterior surface of the sternum. The total length is about 5 centimetres (2.0 in). The aortic root is the portion of the aorta beginning at the aortic annulus and extending to the si… Latin: Aorta ascendens, pars ascendens aortae
Latin: Aorta ascendens, pars ascendens aortae
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