Cardia [kardie]
topical
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- Terms
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cardia
česlo
vstup do žaludku
Persistent link
https://www.medvik.cz/link/D002299
Definition
That part of the STOMACH close to the opening from ESOPHAGUS into the stomach (cardiac orifice), the ESOPHAGOGASTRIC JUNCTION. The cardia is so named because of its closeness to the HEART. Cardia is characterized by the lack of acid-forming cells (GASTRIC PARIETAL CELLS).
- Annotation
- adjective form = "cardial": do not confuse with "cardiac" (heart); diseases: coord IM with STOMACH DISEASES (IM); neoplasms: coord IM with STOMACH NEOPLASMS (IM) + histol type of neopl (IM)
- DUI
- D002299 MeSH Browser
- CUI
- M0003449
Allowable subheadings
- AB
- abnormalities
- AH
- anatomy & histology 7
- BS
- blood supply
- CH
- chemistry
- CY
- cytology
- DG
- diagnostic imaging
- DE
- drug effects
- EM
- embryology
- EN
- enzymology
- GD
- growth & development 1
- IM
- immunology
- IN
- injuries
- IR
- innervation 1
- ME
- metabolism
- MI
- microbiology
- PS
- parasitology
- PA
- pathology 53
- PH
- physiology 8
- PP
- physiopathology 6
- RE
- radiation effects
- SU
- surgery 52
- TR
- transplantation
- UL
- ultrastructure
- VI
- virology
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Occurrences in Medvik records
A
Anatomy