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Ilya [14]
4 years ago
9

The aorta is a vein. True False

Biology
2 answers:
Kamila [148]4 years ago
8 0

False, the aorta is the major artery that takes oxygenated blood from the heart to the rest of the body.

Nezavi [6.7K]4 years ago
4 0

False, the Aorta is the largest artery in the body.

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