Body of stomach

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Body of stomach
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 Corpus gastricum
Gray's subject #247 1163

The body of stomach (often just called the body or corpus) is an anatomical region of the stomach in humans.

The body of the stomach shares boundaries with the three other regions that makes up the stomach; the cardia, fundus and pylorus. The boundary between the body and the fundus is defined as a horizontal line running through the cardiac notch. An imaginary line drawn perpendicular to the lesser curvature of the stomach through the angular incisure makes up the boundary between the body and pylorus.

Since the cardiac notch, angular incisure and entire stomach position varies in individuals these boundaries are not fixed in position.[citation needed]

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This article incorporates text from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy.

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