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Descending aorta

 
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Meaning #1: the descending part of the aorta that branches into the thoracic and abdominal aortae


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Artery: Descending aorta
Plan of the branches.
The thoracic aorta, viewed from the left side.
Latin pars descendens aortae, aorta descendens
Gray's subject #153 598
Source Aorta   
Branches Thoracic aorta
Abdominal aorta
Precursor Dorsal aorta
MeSH Aorta,+Thoracic

The descending aorta is part of the aorta, the largest artery in the body. The descending aorta is the part of the aorta beginning at the aortic arch that runs down through the chest and abdomen. The descending aorta is divided into two portions, the thoracic and abdominal, in correspondence with the two great cavities of the trunk in which it is situated. Within the abdomen, the descending aorta branches into the two common iliac arteries which serve the legs.

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