The thoracic aorta, viewed from the left side.
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|[[List of subjects in Gray's Anatomy:153#Gray.27s_page_.23|Gray's]]
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|Supplies
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|colspan="2"|Thoracic aorta, Abdominal aorta
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|Vein
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|MeSH
|colspan="2"|[A07.231.114.056.372]
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|Dorlands/Elsevier
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The descending aorta is divided into two portions, the thoracic and abdominal, in correspondence with the two great cavities of the trunk in which it is situated.
