That part of the STOMACH close to the opening from ESOPHAGUS into the stomach (cardiac orifice), the ESOPHAGOGASTRIC JUNCTION. The cardia is so named because of its closeness to the HEART. Cardia is characterized by the lack of acid-forming cells (GASTRIC PARIETAL CELLS).
    

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The cardia and hiatus hernia / H. Daintree Johnson.

Cancer of the esophagus and gastric cardia / edited by George T. Pack.

Über den Wert der Gastrostomie bei Carcinom des Oesophagus und der Cardia ... / von Heinr. Jos. Breuers.

De cardialgia : dissertatio inauguralis medica ... / auctor Joannes Fridericus Pundt.

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The cardia and hiatus hernia / H. Daintree Johnson.

Cancer of the esophagus and gastric cardia / edited by George T. Pack.

Über den Wert der Gastrostomie bei Carcinom des Oesophagus und der Cardia ... / von Heinr. Jos. Breuers.

De cardialgia : dissertatio inauguralis medica ... / auctor Joannes Fridericus Pundt.