aortic plexus

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n.

A plexus of lymph nodes and connecting vessels lying along the lower portion of the abdominal aorta.

An autonomic plexus surrounding the abdominal aorta and continuous with the thoracic aortic plexus; abdominal aortic plexus.

An autonomic plexus surrounding the thoracic aorta and passing with it through the aortic opening in the diaphragm to become continuous with the abdominal aortic plexus; thoracic aortic plexus.

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Words nearby aortic plexus

aortic insufficiency, aortic murmur, aortic notch, aorticopulmonary septal defect, aortic ostium, aortic plexus, aortic regurgitation, aortic septal defect, aortic sinus, aortic stenosis, aortic valve

Example sentences from the Web for aortic plexus

The need for affordable health care “goes right to the solar plexus of the middle class,” he said.
Earl Pomeroy Doesn’t Regret the Obamacare Vote That Ended His Career|Ben Jacobs|November 12, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Fleming himself wrote that “the target of my books [lies] somewhere between the solar plexus and the upper thigh”.
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The hard work began after Walters had her aortic valve replaced with one from a cow.
Barbara Walters Opens Up About Her Heart Surgery|Howard Kurtz|February 2, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Doctors there performed a 20-hour surgery in an attempt to repair his aortic dissection.
What Killed Richard Holbrooke?|Casey Schwartz|December 14, 2010|DAILY BEAST

Even though he underwent an aortic valve replacement in 2008, he insists he has no intention of retiring anytime soon.
Jim Lehrer's Cross-Country Fantasy|Sandra McElwaine|April 24, 2010|DAILY BEAST
Wayne spun him over and delivered a hard punch to the solar plexus.
The Judas Valley|Gerald Vance
It has its seat in the back parts of the brain, in the spinal cord and the greater nervous ganglia, such as the solar plexus.
The Book of Life: Vol. I Mind and Body; Vol. II Love and Society|Upton Sinclair
In the afternoon we ran into a plexus of crevasses, and the surface was traversed by high ridges.
The Home of the Blizzard|Douglas Mawson
On this side it might perhaps injure the nervous plexus, which is even more essential than the dorsal vessel.
More Hunting Wasps|J. Henri Fabre
He was conscious of a vague buzzing between his ears and there was a pleasant mellow glow in the region of his solar plexus.
Death Makes A Mistake|P.F. Costello

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