fundus of the stomach

The antrum rotates in opposite direction to the fundus of the stomach.

The apparatus, an early endoscope, allowed him to examine the esophagus and the fundus of the stomach.

Often the pressure is in the fundus of the stomach, esophagus or distention of the bowel.

Fundic gland polyposis is a medical syndrome where the fundus of the stomach develops many polyps.

Six mucosal biopsy specimens were taken from the antrum and four from both the corpus and fundus of the stomach.

It lies on the central tendon of the diaphragm and is separated from fundus of the stomach and left lobe of liver.

The fundus of the stomach, and also the upper portion of the greater curvature, is supplied by the short gastric artery which arises from splenic artery.

The polyps on endoscopy are usually tiny, numerous and sessile, and usually scattered throughout the fundus of the stomach, where parietal cells are more numerous.

The fundus glands (or fundic glands, or gastric glands) are found in the body, the gastric mucosa, and fundus of the stomach.

Gastric varices may also be found in patients with thrombosis of the splenic vein, into which the short gastric veins which drain the fundus of the stomach flow.

The vagal afferents are activated during the gastric phase of digestion when the corpus and fundus of the stomach are distended secondary to the entry of a food bolus.

A 'hiatal hernia,' in which the abdominal esophagus or even the fundus of the stomach rises up through the esophageal hiatus into the thoracic cavity, can result from a tear or weakness in the diaphragm.

As the short gastric veins of the fundus of the stomach drain into the splenic vein, thrombosis of the splenic vein will result in increased pressure and engorgement of the short veins, leading to varices in the fundus of the stomach.