The abdominal aorta:

• A. passes into the abdomen behind the diaphragm at the level of the 10th thoracic vertebra
• B. bifurcates at the level of the body of the 2nd lumbar vertebra
• C. has a surface marking for its bifurcation as 2cm below and to the right of the umbilicus
• D. gives rise to the coeliac artery at the level of the body of the 10th thoracic vertebra
• E. has the renal arteries arising at the level of the body of the 1st lumbar vertebra