Assertion: aortic arch | /r/CapableOf | encircle the trachea
Facets:
value: completely
type: DEGREE
value: posteriorly
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: Double aortic arch, first reported in 1737 by Hommel, is due to the presence of right and left aortic arches encircling and compressing the trachea and the esophagus.
text: Anatomically, the ascending aorta arises normally and, as it exits the pericardium, it divides into two – right and left aortic arches which encircle the trachea and the esophagus and reunite posteriorly to form the descending aorta.
text: (b) Transverse sonogram of the aortic arch shows that the two aortic arches (R and L) completely encircle the trachea (T).