Thanks for that, Pat. It was an excellent picture. I had two friends who died of a ruptured aorta; now I know what happened. I always imagined it would have ruptured directly next to the heart. The abdominal aorta is also bigger than I imagined. Rowena Have you heard of abdominal aortic aneurysm? Here's a diagram showing the aorta in the belly button area.
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/imagepages/18072.htm Pat ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
