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 MP:0010468 ]
Synonyms: thoracic part of aorta aorta thoracica
This is just here as a test because I lose it
Term information
database cross reference
- galen:ThoracicAorta
- GAID:471
- FMA:3786
- EFO:0002525
- null:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thoracic_aorta
- UMLS:C1522460 (ncithesaurus:Thoracic_Aorta)
- OpenCyc:Mx4rveb9TpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA
- null:http://www.snomedbrowser.com/Codes/Details/302510009
- EMAPA:18603
- MESH:D001013
- BTO:0000157
- null:http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C1522460
- NCIT:C33766
- MA:0002569
Subsets
uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim
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