Assertion: aortic arch | /r/CapableOf | encircle the esophagus
Facets:
value: to form the descending aorta
type: PURPOSE
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.