Where it is
On the left, immediately caudal to the diaphragm and the liver, with its long axis perpendicular to the spine.
- Layer
- Organs
- System
- Digestive system
- Region
- Abdomen
What it is and what it does
The dog's stomach is an organ of the left side, placed caudal to the liver, in the center of the cranial abdomen, with its long axis perpendicular to the vertebral column. The cardia lies slightly to the left of the median plane, at the level of thoracic vertebra 11; the pylorus slightly to the right. It has a cardia, fundus, body and pyloric part (antrum, canal, pylorus). Its shape and position change with filling.
Worth remembering
It holds food temporarily before it passes into the intestine.
Names
- Latin term: ventriculus (gaster).
- In Romanian: Stomacul (Romanian page).
In the atlas lessons
The organs: where they sit, from neck to pelvis (5 min).
Questions from the atlas
"Find it on the drawing" questions whose answer is this structure; in the atlas you will find them in the question bank and in the lessons.
- Show the stomach on the drawing. (level 1)