cardiac gland

The cardiac glands can be seen in this region.

Cardiac glands are unique to mammals, and even then are absent in a number of species.

The cardiac glands of the stomach secrete primarily mucus.

The cardiac glands mainly contain mucus producing cells.

The cardiac gland is both innervated by the parasympathetic and symapthetic nerve fibres of the autonomic nervous system.

Furthermore, in many non-human mammals, a portion of the stomach anterior to the cardiac glands is lined with epithelium essentially identical to that of the esophagus.

There are three types of glands: cardiac glands (in the proximal part of the stomach), oxyntic glands (the dominating type of gland), and pyloric glands.