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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jun 28.
Published in final edited form as: Bio Protoc. 2016 Jun 5;6(11):e1833. doi: 10.21769/bioprotoc.1833

Figure 1. Preparation of aorta and schematic view of aorta with its major branches.

Figure 1

Image of in-situ aorta preparation before isolation showing preparation of aorta segments corresponding to the right schematic view, perivascular adipose tissue in thorax and abdomen, and paraaortic lymph nodes (left). Schematic view of freshly isolated aorta depicting the upper thoracic part with its branches (cyan) and lower abdominal part with its branches (yellow). Diaphragm indicates border between thorax and abdomen (right).