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Upper GI
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Surrounds the superior opening of the stomach at the level of T11 | Cardia |
| Rounded, often gas filled portion superior to and left of the cardia | Fundus |
| Large central portion inferior to the fundus | Body |
| connects the stomach to the duodenum. It is divided into the pyloric antrum, pyloric canal and pyloric sphincter. The pyloric sphincter demarcates the transpyloric plane at the level of L1. | Pylorus |
| forms the long, convex, lateral border of the stomach. Arising at the cardiac notch, it arches backwards and passes inferiorly to the left. It curves to the right as it continues medially to reach the pyloric antrum. | Greater Curvature |
| forms the shorter, concave, medial surface of the stomach. The most inferior part of the lesser curvature, the angular notch, indicates the junction of the body and pyloric region. | Lesser Curvature |