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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardia http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/BTO_0000198 ]
Synonyms: gastric cardia pars cardiaca (gaster) cardial part of stomach pars cardiaca gastricae stomach cardiac region
Term information
- UMLS:C0007144 (ncithesaurus:Cardia)
- null:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardia
- null:http://www.snomedbrowser.com/Codes/Details/362138004
- MESH:A03.492.766.163
- null:http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0007144
- FMA:14561
- NCIT:C12256
- MA:0001609
- EMAPA:35811
- BTO:0000198
- GAID:319
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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.
Term relations
- zone of stomach
- continuous_with some body of stomach
- continuous_with some esophagus
- contributes to morphology of some stomach
- has part some cardiac gastric gland