MEDICINE MCQ
CARDIOVASCULAR MEDICINE
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What is the Meaning of the Medical Term Aorta?
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Vessel (like Blood Vessel)
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Capillary
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Aorta (Heart)
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Slow Beating Heart
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Blood Clot, To Lump or Clot
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Listen to pronunciation. (ay-OR-tuh) The largest artery in the body. It carries oxygen-rich blood away from the heart to vessels that reach the rest of the body.
Detailed explanation-2: -aorta, from Gk. aorte, term applied by Aristotle to the great artery of the heart, lit. “what is hung up, ‘’ from aeirein “to raise, ‘’ of unknown origin, related to the second element in meteor (falling stars). Used earlier by Hippocrates of the bronchial tubes".
Detailed explanation-3: -The aorta is sometimes called a trunk artery.
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