Anatomy of the stomach - Surgery

stomach anatomy  Anatomy of the stomach, relations to other organs, neurovascular supply  Taxonomy, Biogeography and Food Laurasiatheria Peter Langer 4 Gastric anatomy in Hippopotamidae It is fascinating that the relatively new view of

The stomach expands greatly when full of food, and so its location varies with size and position Roughly, it sits inferior to the diaphragm and liver, and Three Muscle Layers of Stomach · Oblique Layer : It is complete in fundus and corpus, fibers become sparse and disappear towards the

The stomach is the first intra-abdominal part of the gastrointestinal , or digestive, tract It is a muscular, highly vascular Figure 1 The stomach has four major regions: the cardia, fundus, body, and pylorus The addition of an inner oblique smooth muscle layer gives the muscularis