Reprinted courtesy of the Wilderness Society from The Living Wilderness, March 1980. In the history of American conservation, few have worked as long and as effectively to preserve wilderness and to articulate the âwilderness ideaâ as Ansel Adams.n a letter to Ansel in 1938 Stieglitz said, âIt is good for me to know that there is Ansel Adams loose somewhere in the world of ours.â Lovers of photography were not the only ones glad to have Ansel Adams loose in this world. Lovers of wilderness echoed this feeling.
The ascending aorta is the first part of the aorta, and begins at the aortic valve-located obliquely just to the left of the midline at the level of the the third intercostal space.he ascending aorta is the first part of the aorta, and begins at the aortic valve-located obliquely just to the left of the midline at the level of the the third intercostal space.
pl. aortae, aortas [L.] the great artery arising from the left ventricle, being the main trunk from which the systemic arterial system proceeds. See Table 9. See also aortic. abdominal aorta. the part of the descending aorta within the abdomen. ascending aorta. the first part of the aorta which passes dorsally and cranially. descending aorta. the aorta after it turns caudally at the aortic arch. overriding aorta. see overriding aorta. supravalvular aorta. the portion of aorta immediately above the aortic valve. terminal aorta. the segment of the aorta immediately before it divides into the iliac arteries.