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Lay-out

I added some data to the infobox, and adapted it to the format in use by wikiproject anatomy. This made it a lot larger, so I moved some images to the left and took out the cross-sectional image and the image of blood flow in the heart, as I think neither are particularly relevant to this article. The first one is better suited for use in the article on the human abdomen, or the more specific abdominal aorta article (another option is to expand this article by merging the subdivisions of the aorta into this article). The second one should be used in an article on the human heart, not one on an artery. Elennaro (talk) 15:20, 26 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Largest Artery?

It is in the text. It says the Aorta is the largest artery of the human body. This fact is that the Anterior Spinal Artery is the longest artery in the body. it goes from the foramen magnun all the way down to the medullary cone. this is written in the UpToDate website, and they quote this article: Hurst RW. Spinal vascular disorders. In: Resonance Imaging of the Brain and Spine, 2nd, Atlas SW (Ed), Lippincott, Philadelphia 2006. p.1387 Perhaps we should name the aorta the widest, or perhaps the highest blood output, but largest is a synonym of longest, and the longest artery is the Anterior Spinal artery. (HelenoBR (talk) 22:11, 9 December 2012 (UTC))[reply]

Expansion?

I'm no Quincy, M.E., but shouldn't this article be rather larger than it currently is? Could someone who knows the correct syntax add the expansion or stub tag as they think necessary? Thanks.

References in Pop Culture

I removed this section because this is the only point it had and it just seemed out of place.

On the Canadian television show, I AM GAY Degrassi: The Next Generation, a main character, JT Yorke's aorta was punctured from a stab wound resulting in death.

~Enviroboy^Talk_Contribs - 03:37, 18 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I am so glad you removed the section. It was highly inappropriate. Oh and referring to your comment, yes, puncturing of the aorta will automatically lead to death. The aorta is the control of blood in the body and if you puncture it blood flow stops and it results to death. Also, the aorta stub needed just a little more. People die from trauma to the aorta. The Aorta is a very important function to the body and I think it would be best if you added just a little bit more, because with just a little more info. we would be able to find out about how to stop fast-acting, some slow, diseases that are killing many americans, latinos, mexicans, etc.

Vandalism

I removed a section of vandalism at the top of the stub.

This also shouldn't be just a stub. Boils (talk) 01:52, 23 May 2008 (UTC) THIS IS GAY AND I LOVEE MEN[reply]

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hello! i need this for a project stop writing stupid things on it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.113.36.16 (talk) 23:03, 1 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

You know, you really shouldn't be using Wikipedia as your sole source of information. Although it is a good place to start from, the fact that anyone can edit it means that if someone makes subtle changes (making WWII a couple of days longer or shorter) and you then take that as gospel in a project, it really doesn't look good. Take my word for it. Joel.labes (talk) 04:48, 23 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

References for now

Pulse wave velocity is an independent predictor of the longitudinal increase in systolic blood pressure and of incident hypertension in the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging. Najjar SS, Scuteri A, Shetty V, Wright JG, Muller DC, Fleg JL, Spurgeon HP, Ferrucci L, Lakatta EG. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2008 Apr 8;51(14):1377-83.

Liao D, Arnett DK, Tyroler HA, et al. Arterial stiffness and the development of hypertension. The ARIC study Hypertension. 1999;34:201–6.

Dernellis J, Panaretou M. Aortic stiffness is an independent predictor of progression to hypertension in nonhypertensive subjects. Hypertension. 2005;45:426–31. [PubMed]

Transmural organization of the arterial media. The lamellar unit revisited. Clark JM, Glagov S. Arteriosclerosis. 1985 Jan-Feb;5(1):19-34. PMID: 3966906 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]A lamellar unit of aortic medial structure and function in mammals.

A lamellar unit of aortic medial structure and function in mammals. Wolinsky H, Glagov S. Circ Res. 1967 Jan;20(1):99-111. No abstract available.

I'm sticking references here till I finish mucking with paragraph.GetAgrippa (talk) 16:39, 21 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]