gastric pit

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0000424

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

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Anatomical structure
- Cardinal organ part
anatomical entity
- immaterial anatomical entity
  - anatomical space
    - anatomical cavity
      - gastric pit
- material anatomical entity
  - anatomical structure
    - anatomical system
    - multicellular anatomical structure
anatomical structure
- organ
  - Cardinal organ part
  - digestive system element
    - food storage organ
      - stomach
        wall of stomach
        mucosa of stomach
        gastric pit
biological entity
- anatomical entity
protein-containing material entity
- mucosa
  - gastrointestinal system mucosa
    - mucosa of stomach
      - gastric pit

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database cross reference

SCTID:268426007
NCIT:C32659
BTO:0002364
Wikipedia:Gastric_pits
FMA:62947
UMLS:C0227203 (ncithesaurus:Gastric_Pit)

plural term

foveolae gastricae [ FMA:TA FMA:76583 ]

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has related synonym

foveolae gastricae, foveola gastrica

has alternative id

UBERON:0000425

has obo namespace

uberon

id

UBERON:0000424

prefLabel

gastric pit, Gastric foveola, Set of gastric pits

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