Assertion: esophagus | /r/CapableOf | lie behind the trachea
Facets:
value: in front of the spinal column
type: LOCATION
value: in front of the spine
type: LOCATION
value: in the throat
type: LOCATION
value: anatomically
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: Anatomically, it lies behind the trachea and heart and in front of the spinal column; it passes through the muscular diaphragm before entering the stomach.
text: In the throat, it lies behind the windpipe, or trachea.
text: The esophagus is a median structure that lies first behind the trachea and then behind the left atrium.
text: It lies behind the trachea and the heart, but in front of the spinal column.
text: It lies behind the trachea (windpipe) and in front of the spine.