A division of the stomach. The stomach can be divided based on mucosal histology (glandular epithelium and gastric glands) and the relative position and type of gastric gland. [ https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=bn%3A0073040584 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stomach#Sections ]
Synonyms: region of stomach gastric zone section of stomach
Term information
- MA:0002561
- Wikipedia:Stomach#Sections
- SCTID:245415005
- FMA:14558
- EMAPA:35821
We follow Kardong in defining stomach regions by gland, but we also include 'body of stomach'. In future we may want to have different partitions of the stomach