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most distended portion of alimentary canal; serves primarily as storage for food before it passes into the intestines; some digestion occurs, however, food is primarily only converted into a pasty material
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stomach
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4 major stomach parts
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cardiac orifice (GE junction/gastroesophageal junction), fundus, body, pylorus
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cardiac orifice =
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GE junction or gastroesophageal junction
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GE junction =
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cardiac orifice or gastroesophageal junction
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gastroesophageal junction =
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GE junction or cardiac orifice
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junction between the esophagus and the stomach. Cardiac orifice is also frequently referred to as the “GE junction” (gastroesophageal junction). Although no true sphincter exists at
this point, the muscles here are in a constant state of contraction in order to prevent the stomach contents from flowing backward. |
cardiac orifice
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dome-shaped portion of the stomach that extends slightly above the cardiac orifice.
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fundus
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widest portion and is located between the lesser and greater curvatures
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body of stomach
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part of of the stomach is the last area of the stomach, just before the duodenum. The location where most digestion occurs
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pylorus
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