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Bassett Collection of Stereoscopic Images of Human Anatomy

Dissection of stomach

Interior of stomach, anterior view

Image #142-6

KEYWORDS: Stomach.

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Dissection of stomach
Interior of stomach, anterior view
The anterior half of the stomach has been cut away.
  1. Margin of esophageal hiatus
  2. Caudate lobe of liver
  3. Proper hepatic artery (note hepatic plexus of nerves accompanying artery)
  4. Upper pointer: Portal vein Lower pointer: Common bile duct
  5. Body of pancreas
  6. Superior part of duodenum
  7. Descending part of duodenum
  8. Esophagus (left pointer, thoracic part; right pointer, abdominal part)
  9. Cardiac opening
  10. Fundus of stomach
  11. Spleen
  12. Muscular layer of stomach
  13. Gastric fold (lower part of this fold was removed in sectioning gastric wall)
  14. Canal of stomach
  15. Upper pointer: Muscular layer (circular fibers) Lower pointer: Submucosa of stomach
  16. Tail of pancreas
  17. Gastric fold
  18. Kidney (covered by renal fascia)
  19. Pyloric antrum
  20. Pyloric canal
  21. Upper pointer: Pyloric sphincter muscle Lower pointer: Pyloric opening
  22. Head of pancreas