descending aorta

The part of the aorta further divided into the thoracic aorta & the abdominal aorta. Branches: - celiac trunk - superior mesenteric artery - renal artery - inferior mesenteric artery - common iliac arteries

Specific

abdominal aorta descending thoracic aorta

References

Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999.