Cardia
"Cardia" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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).
| Descriptor ID |
D002299
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A03.556.875.875.163
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