Descending aorta 1893020 217836561 2008-06-07T22:31:04Z 71.187.13.176 Described what the descending aorta is, instead of just its two major portions {{Infobox Artery | Name = {{PAGENAME}} | Latin = pars descendens aortae, aorta descendens | GraySubject = 153 | GrayPage = 598 | Image = Gray506.svg | Caption = Plan of the branches. | Image2 = Gray530.png | Caption2 = The thoracic aorta, viewed from the left side. | BranchFrom = [[Aorta]] | BranchTo = [[Thoracic aorta]]<BR>[[Abdominal aorta]] | Vein = | Supplies = | MeshName = Aorta,+Thoracic | MeshNumber = A07.231.114.056.372 | DorlandsPre = p_07 | DorlandsSuf = 12616698 | }} The '''descending aorta''' is part of the [[Aorta|aorta]], the largest artery in the body. The descending aorta is the part of the aorta beginning at the [[Aortic arch|aortic arch]] that runs down through the [[Chest|chest]] and [[Abdomen|abdomen]]. The descending aorta is divided into two portions, the [[Thoracic aorta|thoracic]] and [[Abdominal aorta|abdominal]], in correspondence with the two great cavities of the trunk in which it is situated. Within the abdomen, the descending aorta branches into the two [[Common iliac artery|common iliac arteries]] which serve the legs. ==External links== * {{SUNYAnatomyFigs|19|04|03}} - "Left side of the [[mediastinum]]." {{circulatory-stub}} {{Gray's}} {{Arteries of chest}} [[dv:ތިރިއަށްފައިބާ އެއޯޓާ]] [[hr:Silazna aorta]] [[pt:Aorta descendente]]