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Preferred term

Stomach  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Note

  • ‌/‌blood ‌supply: gastric varix or varices = ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES & see note there; perforation = STOMACH /inj, not STOMACH RUPTURE; gastric secretion: index GASTRIC JUICE or GASTRIC MUCOSA, not STOMACH; /surg: consider also GASTRECTOMY; GASTROENTEROSTOMY & GASTROSTOMY; inflammation = GASTRITIS; Heidenhain pouch: index STOMACH /physiol; gastric hyperacidity: index GASTRIC ACID /metab; mucosal prolapse = GASTRIC MUCOSA + STOMACH DISEASES + PROLAPSE

Scope note

  • An organ of digestion situated in the left upper quadrant of the abdomen between the termination of the ESOPHAGUS and the beginning of the DUODENUM.

In other languages

  • Finnish

  • gaster
  • maha
  • vatsalaukku
  • ventriculus
  • ventrikkeli
  • Swedish

  • Ventrikel

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D013270

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