Cardiac notch of stomach

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).

Cardiac 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)
Details
Identifiers
Latin	Incisura cardialis, incisura cardiaca
TA98	A05.5.01.011
TA2	2924
FMA	14576 14576, 14576
Anatomical terminology

See also

• Cardiac notch of left lung

References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 1162 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

External links

• stomach at The Anatomy Lesson by Wesley Norman (Georgetown University) (stomachinside)