Talk:Cardia

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I'm not sure where this article was madse, but in the States, we refer to this junction as the gastro-esophageal junction or the cardio-esophageal junction. Cardia means hert. The cardiac region of the stomach is the most proximal region, closest to the heart, hence the name. I think this should be renawed to the brain.

There are 4 regions of the stomach: The cardia, fundus, antrum and pylorus.

I tried a search in yahoo and find cardia like similar to LES ( Low Esophagical Sphincter) :?

I am now more confused than ever. In reading various sources, there seems to be no agreement as to whether the cardia is part of the stomach, part of the intestine, or a little bit of both. Histologically, it is part of the stomach, meaning that its mucosal cells are stomach cells, not esophageal cells. Here are 2 diagrams that explain the ambiguity. Image:Stomach.jpg Image:stomach2.gif statkit1 10:50 Mar 17, 2003 (UTC)


This page should have a link allowing people to redirect to : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardia_%28Thrace%29 ---> I had to do a google search to find the wikipedia article.

Joey 17:37, 4 March 2006 (UTC

In modern anatomical and physiological terms he cardia is the superior portion of the stomach. The LES is a "physiologic sphincter" - anatomicaly it is not a discrete thing - its made of of muscles from the stomach and esophagus. Therefore - LES should be its own entry and cardia should be merged with stomach--128.125.97.65 21:45, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Medicines

Several types of medicines affect the sphincter, leading to their contraindication in cases of gastric reflux, could we add them to the article? 79.145.199.212 (talk) 11:55, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

If documented in reliable sources. WLU (talk) 12:22, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] cardia controversial

Please read this famous pathologists theory of the cardia and how more pathologists are supporting his theories. http://chandrasoma.com/page.php?id=6

I believe the information in his recent papers are relevant for this article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.43.212.236 (talk) 02:37, 31 May 2008 (UTC)