ABDOMINAL AORTA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does abdominal aorta mean? 

• ABDOMINAL AORTA (noun)
  The noun ABDOMINAL AORTA has 1 sense:

1. a branch of the descending aorta

  Familiarity information: ABDOMINAL AORTA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ABDOMINAL AORTA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A branch of the descending aorta

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("abdominal aorta" is a kind of...):

aorta (the large trunk artery that carries blood from the left ventricle of the heart to branch arteries)

Holonyms ("abdominal aorta" is a part of...):

abdomen; belly; stomach; venter (the region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis)

 Context examples 

Either of two large arteries originating from the abdominal aorta; they supply blood to the pelvis, abdominal wall and legs.

(Iliac Artery, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

An artery arising from the abdominal aorta that supplies the left kidney.

(Left Renal Artery, NCI Thesaurus)

An artery arising from the abdominal aorta, below the renal artery, that supplies the left testicle.

(Left Spermatic Artery, NCI Thesaurus)

It is caused by thrombotic occlusion of the abdominal aorta just above the level of the bifurcation.

(Leriche Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

A branch of the abdominal aorta that supplies blood to the lower trunk and the legs.

(Iliac Artery, NCI Thesaurus)

An artery arising from the bifurcation of the abdominal aorta which then bifurcates forming the internal and external iliac arteries.

(Common Iliac Artery, NCI Thesaurus)

Formation of blood clot in the lumen of the abdominal aorta.

(Abdominal Aortic Thrombosis, NCI Thesaurus)

An arterial segment arising from the abdominal aorta that supplies blood to the abdominal organs, other structures, genitalia and the lower limbs.

(Abdominal Aorta Branch, NCI Thesaurus)

Pathology involving the thoracic, thoracoabdominal, or abdominal aorta (including aneurysms).

(Aorta Disease, NCI Thesaurus/ACC)

A major abdominal artery that arises from the abdominal aorta below the diaphragm.

(Celiac Artery, NCI Thesaurus)