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zone of stomach

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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. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stomach#Sections http://openisbn.com/search.php?q=0073040584&isbn=1/ ]

Synonyms: region of stomach, gastric zone, section of stomach

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editor note

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

has alternative id

UBERON:0009034

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UBERON:0009870

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Zone of stomach

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