Cardiac notch of stomach

Cardiac notch of stomach
Outline of stomach, showing its anatomical landmarks. (Cardiac notch not labeled, but visible at top center, as the indentation to the left of the fundus.)
Latin	incisura cardialis, incisura cardiaca
Gray's	subject #247 1162

The right margin of the oesophagus is continuous with the lesser curvature of the stomach, while the left margin joins the greater curvature at an acute angle, termed the cardiac notch (or cardial notch).

See also

• Cardiac notch of left lung

External links

• Cardiac+notch at eMedicine Dictionary
• stomach at The Anatomy Lesson by Wesley Norman (Georgetown University) (stomachinside)

This article was originally based on an entry from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy. As such, some of the information contained within it may be outdated.