Assertion: umbilical vein | /r/CapableOf | carry blood
Facets:
value: to the heart
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: from the placenta
type: LOCATION
value: to the inferior vena cava
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: to the liver
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
Source sentences:
text: However, this naming convention reflects the fact that the umbilical vein carries blood towards the fetus's heart, while the umbilical arteries carry blood away.
text: Thus, even though the vessel carries oxygenated blood, it's still called the umbilical vein because it's carrying the blood to the heart from the placenta.
text: The umbilical vein carries blood oxygenated in the maternal body from the placenta to the fetus, while the umbilical arteries carry deoxygenated blood and fetal wastes from the fetus to the placenta, where they are treated in the maternal body.
text: Within the infant, the umbilical vein and ductus venosus (which carried blood to the liver and the inferior vena cava) close up and degenerate into fibrous remnants known as the round ligament of the liver and the ligamentum venosum respectively.
text: We can see the umbilical vein is carrying blood from the placenta.