Abdominal part of aorta: the distal part of the descending aorta, which is the continuation of the thoracic part and gives rise to the inferior phrenic, lumbar, median sacral, superior and inferior mesenteric, middle suprarenal, renal, and testicular or ovarian arteries, and celiac trunk[BTO]. The abdominal aorta is the largest artery in the abdominal cavity. As part of the aorta, it is a direct continuation of descending aorta(of the thorax). [WP,unvetted]. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdominal_aorta http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/BTO_0002976 ]
Synonyms: pars abdominalis aortae descending abdominal aorta abdominal part of aorta
Term information
- MESH:D001012
- NCIT:C32038
- MA:0000474
- UMLS:C0003484 (ncithesaurus:Abdominal_Aorta)
- galen:AbdominalAorta
- SCTID:244231007
- FMA:3789
- Wikipedia:Abdominal_aorta
- OpenCyc:Mx4rvYhWCZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA
- GAID:470
- EFO:0002524
- EMAPA:17856
- BTO:0002976
uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim, human_reference_atlas
Many of the branches of the abdominal aorta in mammals may be branches of the dorsal aorta in other vertebrates
Term relations
- section of aorta
- overlaps some abdomen
- connected to some descending thoracic aorta
- part of some descending aorta
- contributes to morphology of some descending aorta