Radiology Lexicon

Last uploaded: November 19, 2024
Preferred Name

gastric cardia
Synonyms

cardial part of stomach

Definitions

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). [MeSH]

ID

http://www.radlex.org/RID/RID115

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). [MeSH]

FMAID

14561

Has_Constitutional_Part

http://www.radlex.org/RID/RID29279

http://www.radlex.org/RID/RID30209

label

RID115

Lymphatic_Drainage

http://www.radlex.org/RID/RID29685

http://www.radlex.org/RID/RID29689

http://www.radlex.org/RID/RID29687

http://www.radlex.org/RID/RID29684

Part_Of

http://www.radlex.org/RID/RID114

Preferred_name

gastric cardia

prefixIRI

RID1:RID115

prefLabel

gastric cardia

Regional_Part_Of

http://www.radlex.org/RID/RID114

Synonym

cardial part of stomach

UMLS_ID

C0007144

subClassOf

http://www.radlex.org/RID/RID30331

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