Friday, March 7, 2008

LARGEST ARTERY ( AMAZING BODY )


THE AORTA

-The aorta is 3 cm. ( 1.18 in ) in diameter where it leaves the heart. By the time this artery devides at the level of the fourth lumbar vertebra, it is about 1.75 cm
( 0.68 in) in diameter.

Aorta- an artery that conveys blood directly from the heart to other artery.

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