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What body cavity is the ascending aorta found?
Ascending aorta, arch of aorta and the descending aorta are located in your thoracic cavity.
What aorta turns inferiorly behind the heart?
The descending aorta.The aorta is divided in ascending, aortic arch, descending, thoracic, and abdominal.
Name all of the different sections of the aorta?
Ascending, arch, descending thoracic and abdominal
What divides the thoracic aorta from the inferior abdominal aorta?
The diaphragm divides the thoracic and abdominal aorta. These are both parts of the descending aorta, extending from the aortic arch.
Which body cavity is bounded by the ribs?
The body cavity bounded by the ribs is the thoracic cavity. It contains the heart, lungs, and other structures involved in breathing and circulation.
Lymph returns to the venous circulation by way of what?
left thoracic duct
What is it when the aorta arches and begins descending down along the spine then goes through the diaphragm?
thoracic aorta
What is the name of the missing artery between the ascending aorta and descending thoracic aorta?
The Arch, but is not missing anyway
Are ribs internal or external to the pulmonary area?
External. They are like a cage that protects the lungs from physical damage.
What are the 4 parts of the aorta?
The aorta consists of : the ascending aorta, the arch of the aorta, the thoracic portion of the descending aorta, and the abdominal portion of the descending aorta.
What is another name for thoracic aorta?
A tortuous thoracic aorta is an aorta that is twisted or misshapen in some people. This can lead to discomfort in some people, but no effects at all in others.
What is the function of the thoracic in a fetal pig?
Did you mean the thoracic cavity? The thoracic cavity contains the heart, lungs, bronchi, trachea, pulmonary artery and vein, aorta, superior and inferior vena cava, nerves, other arteries and veins, the thymus gland and the espphagus. All of these organs develop in the pig as a fetus because they will be vital once the pig is born.
