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Anatomical descriptions of the human and other mammalian arterial trees can be found in many textbooks. For the purpose of illustrating the blood perfusion and pressure pulse transmission path, the major branches of the arterial tree are shown in Fig. 2–1. There are considerable similarities among the corresponding anatomical sites of the arterial circulation in mammals (Li, 1996). The root of the aorta begins immediately at the aortic valve. The outlet of the aortic valve sits in the ascending aorta, which has the largest diameter of the aorta. The first branches off the aorta are the left and right main coronary arteries. The aortic arch junction is formed by the ascending aorta, the brachiocephalic artery, the left subclavian artery, and the descending thoracic aorta.
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Li, J.KJ. (2000). Physiology and Rheology of Arteries. In: The Arterial Circulation. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59259-034-6_2
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