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Descriptor English: Cardia
Descriptor Spanish: Cardias
Descriptor cardias
Scope note: Parte del ESTÓMAGO adyacente a la desembocadura del ESÓFAGO en el estómago (orificio cardial), la UNIÓN ESOFAGOGASTRICA. Se denomina así por su proximidad al CORAZÓN. Se caracteriza por la ausencia de células productoras de ácido (CÉLULAS PARIETALES GÁSTRICAS).
Descriptor Portuguese: Cárdia
Descriptor French: Cardia
Entry term(s): Cardias
Tree number(s): A03.556.875.875.163
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D002299
Scope note: That part of the STOMACH close to the opening from ESOPHAGUS into the stomach (cardiac orifice), the ESOPHAGOGASTRIC JUNCTION. The cardia is so named because of its closeness to the HEART. Cardia is characterized by the lack of acid-forming cells (GASTRIC PARIETAL CELLS).
Annotation: adjective form = "cardial": do not confuse with "cardiac" (heart); diseases: coord IM with STOMACH DISEASES (IM); neoplasms: coord IM with STOMACH NEOPLASMS (IM) + histol type of neopl (IM)
Allowable Qualifiers: AB abnormalities
AH anatomy & histology
BS blood supply
CH chemistry
CY cytology
DE drug effects
DG diagnostic imaging
EM embryology
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
IM immunology
IN injuries
IR innervation
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PA pathology
PH physiology
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
RE radiation effects
SU surgery
TR transplantation
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
DeCS ID: 2343
Unique ID: D002299
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2004/07/07
Cardia - Preferred
Concept UI M0003449
Scope note That part of the STOMACH close to the opening from ESOPHAGUS into the stomach (cardiac orifice), the ESOPHAGOGASTRIC JUNCTION. The cardia is so named because of its closeness to the HEART. Cardia is characterized by the lack of acid-forming cells (GASTRIC PARIETAL CELLS).
Preferred term Cardia
Entry term(s) Cardias



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