Descending aorta

Artery: Descending aorta
Plan of the branches.
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	Aorta,+Thoracic
Dorlands / Elsevier	p_07/12616698

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Associate Editor-In-Chief: Cafer Zorkun, M.D., Ph.D. [2]

Overview

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

Additional images

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  The position and relation of the esophagus in the cervical region and in the posterior mediastinum. Seen from behind.

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  Aorta (Image courtesy of radiopaedia.org)

External links

• SUNY Figs 19:04-03 - "Left side of the mediastinum."
• Cat dissection

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