Angular incisure

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Angular incisure
Outline of stomach, showing its anatomical landmarks.
Diagram from cancer.gov: * 1. Body of stomach * 2. Fundus * 3. Anterior wall * 4. Greater curvature * 5. Lesser curvature * 6. Cardia * 9. Pyloric sphincter * 10. Pyloric antrum * 11. Pyloric canal * 12. Angular notch * 13. Gastric canal * 14. Rugal folds
Latin	incisura angularis
Gray's	subject #247 1162
Dorlands/Elsevier	i_05/12447228

Nearer the pyloric end of the stomach than its cardiac end is a well-marked notch, the angular incisure (or notch), which varies somewhat in position with the state of distension of the viscus.

It serves to separate the stomach into a right and a left portion.

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