Nijagunappa1, Suresh Bidarkotimath2
INTRODUCTION
The arch of aorta is the continuation of ascending aorta which arises from the left ventricle inside the fibrous pericardium. The arch is convex upwards, behind and somewhat towards the left sided if it has to be described in 3 dimensionally.
The study was conducted in the Department of Anatomy at KMCT, Kozhikode from 2014-2015.
Fifty formalin fixed heart specimens of both sexes with age ranging between 50 to 70 years were used. Mainly three types were noted.
