abdominal aorta

artery

In the Vinony graph

Within Vinony's link graph, abdominal aorta is referenced by 230 other articles, and connects out to internal pudendal artery, obturator artery and thoracic diaphragm.

It sits within the topics Anatomy NAV infobox with use of other NAV parameters, Aorta and Arteries of the abdomen.

Its subject is documented across 30 Wikipedia language editions.

Key facts

Source: Thoracic aorta
Branches: Celiac artery , superior mesenteric artery , inferior mesenteric artery , common iliac , ovarian artery , median sacral artery
Vein: Inferior vena cava
Latin: aorta abdominalis, pars abdominalis aortae
Mesh: D001012
Ta98: A12.2.12.001

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Research

40,342 papers

Abdominal aorta interruption and CHD.Cardiology in the young · 2015
[Posterior laceration of the abdominal aorta on vertebral fracture].Revue medicale de Liege · 2023
Aneurysm of the abdominal aorta.The Central African journal of medicine · 1980
Arch vessels' switch in frozen elephant trunk: a new technique to facilitate the second-stage endovascular thoraco-abdominal aorta repair.European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery : official journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery · 2022
Congenital coarctation of the abdominal aorta.The Journal-lancet · 1968

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Wikidata facts

Part of: descending aorta
Image: Aorta segments.svg
Connects with: thoracic aorta

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NCI Thesaurus ID: C32038

Sources (7)

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Encyclopedic overview

In human anatomy, the abdominal aorta is the largest artery in the abdominal cavity. As part of the aorta, it is a direct continuation of the descending aorta (of the thorax).

Structure

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “abdominal aorta” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.