What Is the Cardia?
1962; American Medical Association; Volume: 182; Issue: 10 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1001/jama.1962.03050490069017c
ISSN1538-3598
Autores Tópico(s)Potassium and Related Disorders
ResumoGROWING INTEREST in the function of the gastroesophageal junction area has focused attention on the cardia. It is paradoxical that a word as widely used as cardia continues to exist without a more precise definition. An attempt to pinpoint the exact meaning of cardia by consulting all available dictionaries and anatomy textbooks ends up as a frustrating adventure in ambiguity. The Merriam WebsterNew International Unabridged Dictionarycan do no better than the others in stating that the word stems, from Greek kardia, heart or upper orifice of the stomach. This source continues, Anat. a. the opening of the esophagus into the stomach, b. the cardiac end of the stomach. The matter may be summarized briefly—cardia is in use to refer to the proximal stomach, the distal esophagus, and the rim or hole between the two. In attempting to trace the origin of cardia (Latin, cor), one is led back
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