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Cardia
The cardia of the stomach is the opening forming the junction between the oesophagus and the stomach.
Function of the cardia
The cardia forms a fold which acts as a functional sphincter, preventing foods rising back from the stomach into the oesophagus. Malfunction of the cardia occasionally causes gastro-oesophageal reflux problems.
The function of the gastric cardia is to prevent reflux into the oesophagus. © mitopencourseware, Flickr, CC by-nc-sa 2.0
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