Anatomy
gastric fundus
gas·tric fun·dus [ gas-trik fuhn-duhs ]
Subclass of:
Stomach
Definitions related to gastric fundus:
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(fundus of the stomach) The blind sac region of the glandular stomach.CDISC TerminologyClinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
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The superior portion of the body of the stomach above the level of the cardiac notch.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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(fundus of the stomach) The portion of the stomach that lies above the cardiac notch. It allows for the accumulation of gases produced by chemical digestion.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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