The part of the stomach attached to the esophagus. The cardia begins immediately distal to the z-line of the gastroeosphageal junction, where the squamous epithelium of the esophagus gives way to the columnar epithelium of the gastrointestinal tract[WP] [ http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/BTO_0000198 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardia ]
Term information
- Wikipedia:Cardia
- UMLS:C0007144 (ncithesaurus:Cardia)
- BTO:0000198
- FMA:14561
- MESH:A03.492.766.163
- SCTID:362138004
- EMAPA:35811
- GAID:319
- MA:0001609
- NCIT:C12256
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The part of the stomach attached to the esophagus. The cardia begins immediately distal to the z-line of the gastroeosphageal junction, where the squamous epithelium of the esophagus gives way to the columnar epithelium of the gastrointestinal tract[WP]
There were previously conflicting statements in the academic anatomy community[10][11][12] over whether the cardia is part of the stomach, part of the esophagus or a distinct entity. Modern surgical and medical textbooks have agreed that 'The gastric cardia is now clearly considered to be part of the stomach'[13][14]. Classical anatomy textbooks, and some other resources[15], describe the cardia as the first of 4 regions of the stomach. This makes sense histologically because the mucosa of the cardia is the same as that of the stomach[WP]
We follow Kardong in defining stomach regions by glands.
gastric cardia
pars cardiaca (gaster)
cardial part of stomach
pars cardiaca gastricae
stomach cardiac region
Term relations
- zone of stomach
- continuous with some body of stomach
- continuous with some esophagus
- only in taxon some Mammalia
- contributes to morphology of some stomach
- has part some cardiac gastric gland