An aortic aneurysm (say a-OR-tik AN-yuh-rih-zum) is a bulge in a section of the aorta, the body's main artery. The aorta carries oxygen-rich blood from the heart to the rest of the body. Because the section with the aneurysm is overstretched and weak, it can burst.he wall of the aorta is normally very elastic. It can stretch and then shrink back as needed to adapt to blood flow. But some medical problems, such as high blood pressure and atherosclerosis (hardening of the arteries), weaken the artery walls.
Hank Griffin is a homicide detective with the Portland, Oregon police force. He is Nick Burkhardt's partner and close friend. Like Nick, Hank is laid back and fair; they make excellent partners. He is a skilled detective and although initially unaware that Nick has a secret, he does know that Nick's ability to see something in people is uncanny, bordering on impossibly accurate.
View full sizeBeth Nakamura/The OregonianSilas Weir Mitchell, who plays Monroe in the set-and-filmed-in-Portland series, Grimm, on Southeast Belmont Street.Mitchell's first acting role -- says the actor who plays a reformed big bad wolf in Grimm -- was as Hansel.As in Hansel and Gretel, the Brothers Grimm fairy tale about a brother and sister threatened by an evil witch. There I was, he recalls, in my little lederhosen..he trail of bread crumbs that led Mitchell from his third-grade school production to the set-and-filmed-in-Portland NBC series Grimm was a circuitous one, as actors' career paths generally are. Peaks and valleys, Mitchell says. Gorges. This is a major peak.