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gastric pit

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Gastric pits are indentations in the stomach which denote entrances to the gastric glands. They are deeper in the pylorus than they are in the other parts of the stomach. The human stomach has several million of these pits. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gastric_pits ]

Synonyms: foveolae gastricae, gastric foveola

Term info

database cross reference
  • UMLS:C0227203 (ncithesaurus:Gastric_Pit)
  • FMA:62947
  • Wikipedia:Gastric_pits
  • SCTID:268426007
  • NCIT:C32659
  • BTO:0002364
plural term
foveolae gastricae [ FMA:TA FMA:76583 ]

depicted by

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/73/Illu_stomach_layers.jpg

has related synonym

foveolae gastricae, foveola gastrica

has alternative id

UBERON:0000425

id

UBERON:0000424

prefLabel

gastric pit, Gastric foveola, Set of gastric pits