See Also: descending aorta(medicine)
Aorta, descending(health)
Descending aorta(health)
descending part of aorta(medicine)
groove for the descending aorta(medicine)
Descending(medicine)
descending(1)(dictionary)
descending(2)(dictionary)
descending current(medicine)
descending degeneration(medicine)

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underresourced (oh)



not provided with enough money, equipment etc

Aorta, descending (health)


The descending aorta is the part of the aorta, the largest artery in the body, that runs down through the chest and the abdomen. The descending aorta starts after the arch of the aorta and ends by splitting into two great arteries (the common iliac arteries) that go to the legs.