Descending aorta

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Artery: Descending aorta

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
MeSH	A07.231.114.056.372
Dorlands/Elsevier	p_07/12616698

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.

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Plan of the branches.

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SUNY Figs 19:04-03 - "Left side of the mediastinum."
Cat dissection
Dictionary at eMedicine Descending+aorta

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