Body Location or Region
cardia Audio
car·di·a [ kahr-dee-uh ]
Subclass of:
Stomach
Etymology:
Greek kardia = heart
Definitions related to cardia of stomach:
  • (stomach, cardia) The region of the stomach adjacent to the esophogastric junction.
    CDISC Terminology
    Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
  • (cardia) 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).
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
  • (gastric cardia) The area around the esophagogastric mucosal junction where the esophageal mucosa transitions into the gastric mucosa.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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