stomach
stomachus
In 15 atlases
- Adult male (BodyParts3D)
- Real CT case s0462: female, 77
- Real CT case s0616: male, 58
- Real CT case s0751: male, 62
- Real CT case s0923: female, 41
- Real CT case s0963: female, 58
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Key points
- The stomach is a muscular, hollow organ between the oesophagus and duodenum, lying mainly in the upper left abdomen.
- Its main regions are the cardia, fundus of stomach, body of stomach and pyloric part.
- The stomach wall contains glandular tissue and smooth muscle that support secretion, mixing and controlled emptying.
- Its vessels follow the curvatures, its lymph drains towards the celiac lymph nodes, and its nerve supply includes vagal and sympathetic fibres.
Relations
- Arterial supply
- right gastric artery
- Venous drainage
- right gastric vein
- Lymphatic drainage
- Celiac lymph nodes
Sub-structures
Neighbouring structures
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Identifiers
- TA2
- 2901
- TA98
- A05.5.01.001
- FMA
- 7148
- UBERON
- 0000945
- Wikidata
- Q1029907