descending aorta

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   the descending part of the aorta that branches into the thoracic and abdominal aortae

   Broaderaorta

Questions about descending aorta

What does descending aorta mean?

descending aorta means "the descending part of the aorta that branches into the thoracic and abdominal aortae".

Is descending aorta a common word?

descending aorta is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.