| Besides the problem of defining the gastric cardia, there also have been conflicting views regarding the origin and histologic nature of this region. |
| Cancerous stenosis of the cardia is to be distinguished from cicatricial stenosis in this situation. |
| Cancer of the cardia cannot be felt by palpation of the abdomen unless the tumor extends down upon the body of the stomach. |
| In this stage the peristalsis of the gullet is sufficient to force the food through the cardia. |
| The gastroenterologist should map the stomach with adequate sampling of the antrum, corpus, and cardia. |
| Anatomists have applied the term cardia to that part of the stomach that lies around the orifice of the tubular esophagus. |
