Cardiac notch of stomach

Cardiac stomach
	Outline of stomach, showing its anatomical landmarks (cardiac notch not labeled, but visible at top center, as the indentation to the left of the fundus)
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Latin	Incisura cardialis, incisura cardiaca
	Anatomical terminology

The right margin of the oesophagus is continuous with the lesser curvature of the stomach, while the left margin joins the greater curvature at an acute angle, termed the cardiac notch (or cardial notch).

References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 1162 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

stomach at The Anatomy Lesson by Wesley Norman (Georgetown University) (stomachinside)

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