thoracic aorta

English Thesaurus

1. a branch of the descending aorta; divides into the iliac arteries (noun.body)

hypernym	:	aorta,
definition	:	the large trunk artery that carries blood from the left ventricle of the heart to branch arteries (noun.body)

part meronym	:	chest, pectus, thorax,
definition	:	the part of the human torso between the neck and the diaphragm or the corresponding part in other vertebrates (noun.body)