Thorax

Aorta

This structure is present in the model and can be selected, rotated and isolated. No written description has been recorded for it yet — the atlas will show you its system and its position.

NEET points

Class 11 · Unit V · Human Physiology · Body Fluids and Circulation

  • Leaves the left ventricle and carries oxygenated blood into the systemic circulation.
  • The pulmonary artery is the exception that examiners like: it is an artery carrying deoxygenated blood, and the pulmonary vein is a vein carrying oxygenated blood.

Chapter numbering moved when NCERT rationalised its books in 2023 and the NTA has revised the NEET syllabus since, so this maps by unit and title. It is a study aid, not a syllabus.