aorta vs descending aorta

aorta and descending aorta both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
aorta	Yes	No	No	No
descending aorta	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, descending aorta is a hyponym of aorta; that is, descending aorta is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than aorta:

aorta: the large trunk artery that carries blood from the left ventricle of the heart to branch arteries
descending aorta: the descending part of the aorta that branches into the thoracic and abdominal aortae

Other hyponyms of aorta include ascending aorta, aortic arch, abdominal aorta, thoracic aorta.

aorta (noun)	descending aorta (noun)
the large trunk artery that carries blood from the left ventricle of the heart to branch arteries	the descending part of the aorta that branches into the thoracic and abdominal aortae

aorta vs descending aorta

aorta and descending aorta both are nouns.

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