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thoracic aorta

Go to external page 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 [ http://www.medterms.com ]

Term info

Label

thoracic aorta

Synonyms
  • aorta thoracica
  • thoracic part of aorta
database cross reference
Subsets

uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim

latin term
aorta thoracica [ FMA : TA FMA : 3786 ]

depicted by

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

has related synonym

aorta thoracalis, pars thoracica aortae

id

UBERON:0001515