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Definition of Abdominal aorta

1. Noun. A branch of the descending aorta.

Medical Definition of Abdominal aorta

1. The largest arterial conduit below the diaphragm. This term refers to the portion of the aorta below the diaphragm to the bifurcation into the right and left common iliac arteries. It supplies blood to the abdominal viscera, pelvic organs and lower extremities. (20 Jun 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Abdominal Aorta

Literary usage of Abdominal aorta

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Principles and Practice of Medicine: Designed for the Use of by William Osler, Thomas McCrae (1912)
"In two the wiring and electrolysis were followed by great improvement; one man lived for three years. ANEURISM OF THE BRANCHES OP THE abdominal aorta The ..."

2. Anatomy: Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1897)
"... internal mammary, anastomosing with the intercostal arteries, with the phrenic of the abdominal aorta by HUMUS of the musculo-phrenic and comes nervi ..."

3. Monographic Medicine by William Robie Patten Emerson, Guido Guerrini, William Brown, Wendell Christopher Phillips, John Whitridge Williams, John Appleton Swett, Hans Günther, Mario Mariotti, Hugh Grant Rowell (1916)
"Aneurism of the Descending Thoracic and abdominal aorta Aneurism of the descending aorta below the arch, may cause but few symptoms until advanced, ..."

4. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1900)
"A CASE OF LIGATURE OF THE abdominal aorta JUST BELOW THE DIAPHRAGM, THE PATIENT SURVIVING FOR FORTY-EIGHT DAYS; WITH A PROPOSED INSTRUMENT FOR THE TREATMENT ..."

5. Anatomy of the Cat by Jacob Ellsworth Reighard, Herbert Spencer Jennings (1901)
"THE abdominal aorta.— The abdominal aorta emerges into the abdomen from between the crura of the diaphragm, at about the level of the second lumbar vertebra ..."

6. The Lancet Medicine (1839)
"Frum t lut time the priority of the suggestion for compressing the abdominal aorta in cases of hemorrhage occurring after delivery, was accorded to me in ..."

7. The Diseases of the heart and the aorta by William Stokes (1855)
"ANEURISM OF THE abdominal aorta. Deep-seated pain in the back, with neuralgic exacerbations following any change of position; extension of the pain to the ..."

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