Cardiac notch
Incisura cardialis
- Latin synonym: Incisura cardiaca
- Synonym: Cardial notch
- Eponym: Angle of His
- Related terms: Cardial notch
Definition
The right margin of the oesophagus is continuous with the lesser curvature of the stomach, while the left margin joins the greater curvature at an acute angle, termed the cardial notch.
This definition incorporates text from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy (20th U.S. edition of Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body, published in 1918 – from http://www.bartleby.com/107/).
