You will die, point blank. You need a healthy aorta in order to carry oxygenated blood through the body. Without your aorta you would have blue blood in your ENTIRE body, and that's not healthy, nor is it safe for any human.
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If the aorta becomes blocked, a person would go into a severe and fatal cardiac arrest. In other words, if there is no blood to pump, the heart will strain too hard to supply that blood, so you would have a heart attack.
The aorta is the largest valve in the heart. It can gradually become blocked due to plaque build up. This can lead to heart failure or heart attack.
Any blockage in the aorta can be fatal pretty quick. However, the closer to the heart and the more complete the blockage the faster it can be fatal.
not enough oxygen poor blood would enter the heart
The aorta is the largest blood vessel in the body, and is responsible for distribution to smaller vessels within the body. A torn aorta many times, is a very severe medical condition in which the aorta becomes severed, hence causing major internal bleeding, and if not quickly corrected, ultimately death.
No, it cannot be inherited; it is something that happens in one's lifetime.
No. No doubt you r confusion lies with the fact that there is the ascending aorta and the descending aorta. This is similar to the colon in that actually it is one continuouus thing. The ascending aorta leaves the left ventricle travelling upwards but very quickly becomes the aortic arch, looping down to form the descending aorta.
The carotid artery.