Assertion: esophagus | /r/CapableOf | pass through the diaphragm
Facets:
value: into the stomach
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: at an opening
type: TEMPORAL
value: behind the central tendon
type: LOCATION
value: before entering the stomach
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: Just before entering the stomach, the esophagus passes through the diaphragm.
text: The esophagus is a fibromuscular tube, about 25 cm (10 in) long in adults, which travels behind the trachea and heart, passes through the diaphragm and empties into the uppermost region of the stomach.
text: It begins at the back of the mouth, passing downwards through the rear part of the mediastinum, through the diaphragm, and into the stomach.
text: It is the narrowest part of the digestive tube, and is most contracted at its commencement, and at the point where it passes through the diaphragm.
text: It is the narrowest part of the digestive tube, and is most contracted at its commencement, and at the point where it passes through the diaphragm.
text: It is the narrowest part of the digestive tube, and is most contracted at its commencement, and at the point where it passes through the diaphragm.
text: It is the narrowest part of the digestive tube, and is most contracted at its commencement, and at the point where it passes through the diaphragm.
text: It passes through the diaphragm behind the central tendon at the level of the 10th thoracic vertebra and joins the stomach.
text: From here the esophagus travels down behind the heart and in front of the spine and eventually passes through the diaphragm to finally end at the stomach.
text: The esophagus descends along the front of the vertebral column, through the superior and posterior mediastinum; it then passes through the diaphragm and enters the abdomen, ending at the gastroesophageal junction opposite the 11th thoracic vertebra.
text: It then passes through the diaphragm at an opening called the esophageal hiatus.
text: The esophagus generally starts around the level of the sixth cervical vertebra (C6) and travels behind the trachea and the heart, passes through the diaphragm and enters in the cardia of the stomach at the level of the eleventh thoracic vertebra (T11).
text: The stomach is then pushed through the esophageal hiatus (the hole where the esophagus passes through the diaphragm) and is joined to the remaining upper part of the esophagus at the neck.
text: The esophagus narrows in three places: where it leaves the pharynx, where the trachea becomes divided into bronchi, and where the esophagus passes through the diaphragm.