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If you are talking about where does the blood inside the descending aorta come from, it comes from the aortic arch, which comes from the ascending aorta.
If you are talking about the blood that nourishes the tissues of the aorta, it is the vasa vasorum.
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What blood vessel supplies the descending aorta with blood?
blood travels from the ascending aorta to the aortic arch to the descending aorta
What is the largest blood vessel in the abdomen?
The largest blood vessel in the abdomen is the descending aorta.
What is the name of a large vessel that takes blood away from the heart?
Descending aorta
What supplies blood to the lower body of a pig?
The descending aorta is the major blood vessel that supplies blood to the caudal half of a pig.
What is the largest vessel that is attached to the heart and what does it do?
The largest vessel attached to the heart is the Aorta, and it is responsible for delivering blood to the body. It is categorized in 2 groups, the Ascending Aorta and the Descending Aorta. The Ascending aorta includes the Carotid Arteries, which deliver blood to the brain, and the Subclavian Arteries, which brings blood to the arms. The Descending Aorta is located in the thoracic cavity with the rest of the heart and Aorta and is the part of the Aorta that curves down toward the bottom of the body and branches off into other arteries which supply the bottom portion of the body with blood.
What kind of blood does the descending aorta carry?
oxidized blood
Which aorta pump blood to left ventricle ascending aorta or descending aorta?
Blood goes in this order... Right Atrium -> Right Ventricle -> Lungs -> Left Atrium -> Left Ventricle -> Ascending Aorta -> Descending Aorta. So neither pump blood to the the Left Ventricle but the Left Ventricle pumps blood to the ascending aorta.
From what blood vessel does the blood that flows through the grafted blood vessel come?
Aorta
Is the aorta an afferent blood vessel?
No
What is the biggest blood vessel?
aorta
What is major blood vessel?
Aorta
Blood leaving the heart for the body passes through a large blood vessel known as the what?
The large blood vessel is called the aorta.
