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What is a cardia?

What is a cardia? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (anatomy) The area of the stomach which directly receives contents from the esophagus.
  2. (anatomy) The heart.
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In this stage the peristalsis of the gullet is sufficient to force the food through the cardia.
They are virtually absent from both the mynenteric plexus and the circular muscle layer in the cardia and fundus, rising to a maximal density at the level of the pylorus.
The gastroenterologist should map the stomach with adequate sampling of the antrum, corpus, and cardia.
The esophagus extends from the pharynx to the cardia of the stomach.
He compiled mostly, for this period, from a contemporary historian, Hieronymus of cardia.
The diagnosis of the position of the cancer in the stomach can usually be made in cases of cancer of the cardia or of the pylorus.

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