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aneurysm
a sac formed by abnormal dilation of the weakened wall of a blood vessel -
anoxemia
a reduction in the normal amount of oxygen in the blood, as at high altitudes -
aorta
The aorta is the main artery through which blood leaves your heart before it flows through the rest of your body. -
atheroma
a fatty deposit on or within the inner lining of an artery, often causing an obstruction to the blood flow -
atherosclerosis
a degenerative disease of the arteries characterized by patchy thickening of the inner lining of the arterial walls, caused by deposits of fatty material; a form of arteriosclerosis -
conus arteriosus
the most anterior part of the simple tubular heart of lower vertebrates and embryos of higher vertebrates, leading into the artery that leaves the heart; in mammals it forms a part of the upper wall of the right ventricle, in which the pulmonary artery originates.