DESCENDING AORTA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does descending aorta mean? 

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

1. the descending part of the aorta that branches into the thoracic and abdominal aortae

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• DESCENDING AORTA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The descending part of the aorta that branches into the thoracic and abdominal aortae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

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

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

 Context examples 

The opening in the diaphragm that allows for passage of the descending aorta.

(Aortic Opening, NCI Thesaurus)

The portion of the descending aorta that lies within the abdomen, beginning below the diaphragm and ending at its division into the right and left common iliac arteries.

(Abdominal Aorta, NCI Thesaurus)

Any portion of the aorta including the ascending and descending aorta, and aortic arch or a portion of the aortic orifice of the left ventricle.

(Aortic Segment, NCI Thesaurus)

The major arterial trunk that carries oxygenated blood from the left ventricle into the ascending aorta behind the heart, the aortic arch, through the thorax as the descending aorta and through the abdomen as the abdominal aorta; it bifurcates into the left and right common iliac arteries.

(Aorta, NCI Thesaurus)