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  2. Stomach - Wikipedia

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    The fundus stores both undigested food and gases that are released during the process of chemical digestion. Food may sit in the fundus of the stomach for a while before being mixed with the chyme. While the food is in the fundus, the digestive activities of salivary amylase continue until the food begins mixing with the acidic chyme.

  3. Curvatures of the stomach - Wikipedia

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    The greater curvature of the stomach forms the lower left or lateral border of the stomach. [3] Starting from the cardiac orifice it begins at the cardiac notch, forming an arch backward, upward, and to the left. A horizontal plane across from the cardiac notch encloses an area called the fundus of the stomach.

  4. Fundus - Wikipedia

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    Fundus (eye), the interior surface of the eye, opposite the lens, and including the retina, optic disc, macula and fovea, and posterior pole Fundus camera, equipment for photographing the interior of the eye; Fundus photography; Fundus (stomach), the portion of the stomach which bulges up past the point of entry of the oesophagus

  5. Human digestive system - Wikipedia

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    The liver synthesises the bulk of lipoproteins. The liver is located in the upper right quadrant of the abdomen and below the diaphragm to which it is attached at one part, the bare area of the liver. This is to the right of the stomach and it overlies the gall bladder. The liver synthesises bile acids and lecithin to promote the digestion of ...

  6. Gastric glands - Wikipedia

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    The major type of gastric gland is the oxyntic gland that is present in the fundus and the body of the stomach making up about 80 per cent of the stomach area. These glands are often referred to simply as the gastric glands .

  7. Gastrointestinal tract - Wikipedia

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    In human anatomy, the intestine (bowel or gut; Greek: éntera) is the segment of the gastrointestinal tract extending from the pyloric sphincter of the stomach to the anus and as in other mammals, consists of two segments: the small intestine and the large intestine.

  8. Transpyloric plane - Wikipedia

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    The transpyloric plane is clinically notable because it passes through several important abdominal structures. It also divides the supracolic and infracolic compartments , with the liver, spleen and gastric fundus above it and the small intestine and colon below it.

  9. Pylorus - Wikipedia

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    The pylorus (/ p aɪ ˈ l ɔːr ə s / or / p ɪ ˈ l oʊ r ə s /) connects the stomach to the duodenum. The pylorus is considered as having two parts, the pyloric antrum (opening to the body of the stomach) and the pyloric canal (opening to the duodenum). The pyloric canal ends as the pyloric orifice, which