Aorta

You can see the entire Aortic arch in the lateral view

• Ascending, arch and descending aorta

• Right lung is in contact with ascending aorta

• Left lung is in contact with arch and descending aorta

• You loose the arch along the sites where major branches of aorta take off.

Abnormalities

• Tortuous aorta

• Right sided aortic arch

• Calcification of aorta

• Aneurysm of ascending aorta

• Aneurysm of arch of aorta

• Aneurysm of descending aorta

• Dissecting aneurysm