来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：生物医学工程探索 第16集 第16集》

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  and the aorta is initially directed upwards and then it curves
  主动脉起初向上然后弯曲
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  and goes down through the abdomen here.
  然后向下延伸至腹部
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  If I trace the path of the aorta,
  如果我沿着主动脉的路径走
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  it starts in the thorax between the lungs,
  它从两肺之间的胸腔开始
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  moves down here,
  直到下面这里
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  crosses through the diaphragm and into the abdominal space,
  穿过隔膜进入至腹腔
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  so this is the abdominal aorta.
  因此这里是腹主动脉
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  You can see that the kidneys are positioned
  你们可以看到肾脏位于
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  on either side of the abdominal aorta.
  腹主动脉两侧
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  Now,the flow through the abdominal aorta is quite high.
  腹主动脉的血流量是非常大的
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  This is one of the main vessels
  这是可主血管之一
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  and there are some branch points before it gets there
  并且到达那里之前有几个分叉点