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DESCENDING AORTA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The descending part of the aorta that branches into the thoracic and abdominal aortae
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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)