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thoracic aorta

^ http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001515

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

Term info

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Subsets

uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim

depicted by

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/75/Gray530.png

has related synonym

aorta thoracalis, pars thoracica aortae

id

UBERON:0001515

prefLabel

Thoracic aorta, thoracic aorta