Cardiac gastric gland

System Digestive
SNOMED CT 8894005

Cardiac gastric gland

Definition

A gastric gland in the cardiac region of the stomach; cardiac glands are fewer in number than in the fundus and body, and secrete mucin which coats the stomach and protects it[MP].

Also known as gardiac gland, gastric cardiac gland, gastric cardiac mucuous gland, gastric gland of cardia, glandula cardiaca (gaster) — per UBERON

The Cardiac gastric gland is a part of the Digestive.

Also identified as