Ascending aorta

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Ascending aorta
The ascending aorta and aortic arch with their branches
Course of the ascending aorta (anterior view), as it passes dorsally to the pulmonary trunk but ventrally to the right pulmonary artery.
Details
Precursor	Truncus arteriosus
Source	Left ventricle
Branches	Left coronary artery, right coronary artery and continues as the aortic arch
Vein	Combination of superior and inferior vena cava and coronary sinus
Supplies	The entire body, with exception of the respiratory zone of the lung
Identifiers
Latin	aorta ascendens, pars ascendens aortae
TA98	A12.2.03.001
TA2	4176
FMA	3736
Anatomical terminology [edit on Wikidata]

The ascending aorta (AAo)^[1] is a portion of the aorta commencing at the upper part of the base of the left ventricle, on a level with the lower border of the third costal cartilage behind the left half of the sternum.