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thoracic aorta

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The part of the aorta that extends from the origin at the heart to the diaphragm, and from which arises numerous branches that supply oxygenated blood to the chest cage and the organs within the chest. [ MP:0010468 http://www.medterms.com ]

Synonyms: thoracic part of aorta aorta thoracica

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Term information

database cross reference
Subsets

uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim

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has related synonym

aorta thoracalis

pars thoracica aortae

id

UBERON:0001515