ASICS (ã¢ã·ãã¯ã¹, Ashikkusu) is a Japanese athletic equipment company which produces footwear and sports equipment designed for a wide range of sports, generally in the upper price range.The name is an acronym for the Latin phrase anima sana in corpore sano which translates as a healthy soul in a healthy body.ts founder, Kihachiro Onitsuka, began manufacturing basketball shoes in his home town of Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan. Soon after the range of sports activities widened to a variety of Olympic styles used throughout the '50s, '60s and '70s by athletes worldwide.
The aorta is the largest blood vessel in the body. It carries freshly oxygenated blood out of the heart so that it can be distributed to the circulatory system. In most people, the aorta follows a relatively straight path, but in people with tortuous aorta, the vessel may be twisted or distorted.
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.