See Also: pars ascendens duodeni(medicine)
pars ascendens aortae(medicine)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
ascendens(medicine)
arteria ascendens(medicine)
ramus ascendens(medicine)
cervicalis ascendens(medicine)
colon ascendens(medicine)
aorta ascendens(medicine)
arteria pharyngea ascendens(medicine)

pars ascendens aortae (medicine) and fort(2) (iou)


pars ascendens aortae (medicine)


pars ascendens aortae -->
ascending aorta


The part of the aorta prior to the aortic arch from which arise the coronary arteries.

Synonym: aorta ascendens, ascending part of aorta, pars ascendens aortae.


fort(2) (iou)



fort noun. See also FORTE noun1. LME.
[Old & mod. French, or Italian forte, use as noun of fort, forte strong: see FORT adjective.]
I.
Military. A building or place fortified for defensive or protective purposes, usu. surrounded with a ditch, rampart, and parapet, and garrisoned with soldiers; fig. a strong position, a stronghold. LME.
hold the fort act as temporary substitute, cope with an emergency.
Hist. A trading-station (orig. fortified). N. Amer. L18.
II. See FORTE noun1