ABDOMINAL AORTA

Pronunciation (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does abdominal aorta mean? 

• ABDOMINAL AORTA (noun)
  The noun ABDOMINAL AORTA has 1 sense:

1. a branch of the descending aorta

  Familiarity information: ABDOMINAL AORTA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ABDOMINAL AORTA (noun)

Meaning:

A branch of the descending aorta

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("abdominal aorta" is a kind of...):

aorta (the large trunk artery that carries blood from the left ventricle of the heart to branch arteries)

Holonyms ("abdominal aorta" is a part of...):

abdomen; belly; stomach; venter (the region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis)