Cardiac notch of stomach

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Cardiac notch of 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.)
Latin	incisura cardialis, incisura cardiaca
Gray's	subject #247 1162
Dorlands/Elsevier	i_05/12447271

The right margin of the esophagus 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).

[edit] See also

• Cardiac notch of left lung

[edit] External links

• Cardiac+notch at eMedicine Dictionary
• Norman/Georgetown stomach (stomachinside)

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