Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun thoracic_aorta

1 sense of thoracic aorta

Sense 1
thoracic aorta -- (a branch of the descending aorta; divides into the iliac arteries)
       => aorta -- (the large trunk artery that carries blood from the left ventricle of the heart to branch arteries)