Assertion: left renal vein | /r/CapableOf | pass over the aorta
Facets:
value: behind the sma
type: LOCATION
value: in front of it
type: LOCATION
value: to reach the vena cava
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: The left renal vein is longer than the right as it passes over the aorta to reach the vena cava.
text: This variation, called “circumaortic left renal vein” may affect up to 8.7% of the population.﻿﻿ People may also have a single left renal vein which passes behind the aorta (rather than the usual way, in front of it).
text: Recall that the longer left renal vein has to pass in front of the aorta and behind the SMA before it reaches the inferior vena cava.
text: To reach the vena cava, the left renal vein passes over the aorta and is three times as long as the right renal vein.