The cardia is the anatomical term for the junction orifice of the stomach and the esophagus. At the cardia, the mucosa of the esophagus transitions into gastric mucosa. The cardia is also called the Lower esophageal sphincter (LES), cardiac sphincter and gastroesophageal sphincter. The word comes from the Greek kardia meaning heart, the cardiac orifice of the stomach. There is disagreement in the academic anatomy community over whether the cardia is part of the stomach, part of the esophagus or a dis ...

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List of Final Fantasy locations - Cardia Islands/Dragon Caves. An innocent-looking archipelago in the northwest region of the world. Beneath the islands are caves in which dwell a race of dragons who are ruled by their king, Bahamut. Bahamut is willing to grant power to any warriors skilled and courageous enough to brave the Citadel of Trials. List ...

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List of Final Fantasy locations, List of Final Fantasy locations - Original game locations, List of Final Fantasy locations - Cardia Islands/Dragon Caves, List of Final Fantasy locations - Castle Cornelia Castle Coneria, List of Final Fantasy locations - Cavern of Earth, List of Final Fantasy locations - Citadel of Trials Castle of Ordeals, List of Final Fantasy locations - Cornelia Coneria, List of Final Fantasy locations - Crescent Town Crescent Lake, List of Final Fantasy locations - Elfein Elfland Elfheim, List of Final Fantasy locations - Floating Castle/Flying Fortress, List of Final Fantasy locations - Gaia, List of Final Fantasy locations - Giant's Cave, List of Final Fantasy locations - Ice Cavern, List of Final Fantasy locations - Lufein Lefein, List of Final Fantasy locations - Marsh Cave, List of Final Fantasy locations - Matoya's Cave, List of Final Fantasy locations - Melmond, List of Final Fantasy locations - Mt. Duergar/Dwarf Cave, List of Final Fantasy locations - Mt. Gulg Gulg Volcano|Gurgu Volcano, List of Final Fantasy locations - Onlak Onrac, List of Final Fantasy locations - Pravoca Pravoka, List of Final Fantasy locations - Ryukahn Desert, List of Final Fantasy locations - Sarda's Cave/Sadda's Cave, List of Final Fantasy locations - Sunken Shrine Sea Shrine, List of Final Fantasy locations - Temple of Fiends/Temple of Chaos Temple of Fiends, List of Final Fantasy locations - Tower of Mirage Mirage Tower, List of Final Fantasy locations - Western Keep, List of Final Fantasy locations - Locations added in Final Fantasy I & II: Dawn of Souls, List of Final Fantasy locations - Earthgift Shrine, List of Final Fantasy locations - Hellfire Chasm, List of Final Fantasy locations - Lifespring Grotto, List of Final Fantasy locations - Whisperwind Cove

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Napoleon Bonaparte

Napoleon Bonaparte was a man of great concentration. His success was all due to the power of concentration. He suffered from various diseases as epileptic fits, Brady cardia, etc. But for these maladies, he would have proved still more powerful.

From "Kundalini Yoga" by Sri Swami Sivananda

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Achalasia or acalasia is a failure of a ring of muscle (as a sphincter) to relax (completely). It refers most commonly to esophageal achalasia, which is a neuromuscular disorder of the esophagus characterized by the reduced ability to move food down the esophagus (peristalsis). In addition, the inability of the cardia ( also called lower esophageal sphincter)- to relax in response to swall ...

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Like the other parts of the gastrointestinal system, the stomach walls are made of a number of layers. Starting inside the (the lumen) going out, the first main layer is the mucosa. This consists of an epithelium, the lamina propria underneath, and a thin bit of smooth muscle called the muscularis mucosa. The submucosa lies under this and consists of fibrous connective tissue, it separates the mucosa from the next layer, the muscularis externa. The muscularis in the stomach differs from other GI organs in t ...

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The movement and the flow of chemicals into the stomach are controlled by both the autonomic nervous system and by various digestive system hormones. The hormone gastrin causes an increase in the secretion of HCl, pepsinogen and intrinsic factor from parietal cells in the stomach. It also causes increased motility in the stomach. Gastrin is released by G cells in the stomach to distenstion of the antrum, and digestive products. It is inhibited by a pH normally ...

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Lilith is a female Mesopotamian night demon believed to harm male children. In Isaiah 34:14, Lilith is a kind of night-demon or animal, translated as onokentauros; in the Septuagint, as lamia; "witch" by Hieronymus of Cardia; and as screech owl in the King James Version of the Bible. In the Talmud and Midrash, Lilith appears as a night demon. The idea of Lilith as the first wife of Adam arose in the Middle Ages. Lilith - Etymology. Hebrew לילית lilith, Akkadian līlītuIncluding:

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The stomach lies between the esophagus and the first part of the small intestine (the duodenum). It is on the left side of the abdominal cavity, the fundus of the stomach lying against the diaphragm. Lying beneath the stomach is the pancreas, and the greater omentum hangs from the greater curvature. It is divided into five sections, each of which have different cells and functions. The gastric juice which is in the stomach has a pH of 1-3. The pH (power of hydrogen) scale goes from 1 to 14; the lower the pH, the more acidic a substance is. Sometimes gastric juice erodes t ...

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Centuries: 5th century BC - 4th century BC - 3rd century BC Decades: 370s BC 360s BC 350s BC 340s BC 330s BC - 320s BC - 310s BC 300s BC 290s BC 280s BC 270s BC 326 BC 325 BC 324 BC 323 BC 322 BC - 321 BC - 320 BC 319 BC 318 BC 317 BC 316 BC Events The rebellious Macedonian general Craterus is defeated and killed in battle in Asia Minor by Eumenes of Cardia, lieutenant to the Macedonian regent Perdiccas. Perdiccas launches a campaign against Ptolemy, the Satrap of Egypt. ...

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Gastrointestinal tract - The gut. In a normal human adult male, the GI tract is approximately 7 and a half metres long (25 feet) and consists of the following components: Mouth (buccal cavity; includes salivary glands, mucosa, teeth and tongue) Pharynx Esophagus and cardia Stomach, which includes the antrum and pylorus and pyloric sphincter Bowel or intestine: small intestine, which has three parts: duodenum ...

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In 316 BC Persepolis was still the capital of Persia as a province of the great Macedonian Empire (see Diod. xix, 21 seq., 46 ; probably after Hieronymus of Cardia, who was living about 316). The city must have gradually declined in the course of time; but the ruins of the Achaemenidae remained as a witness to its ancient glory. It is probable that the principal town of the country, or at least of the district, was always in this neighbourhood. About AD 200 we find there the city Istakhr (properly Stakhr) as the seat of the local govern ...

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The gastrointestinal or digestive tract, also referred to as the GI tract or the alimentary canal or the gut, is the system of organs within multicellular animals which takes in food, digests it to extract energy and nutrients, and expels the remaining waste. The GI tract differs substantially from animal to animal. For instance, some animals have multi-chambered stomachs. Gastrointestinal tract - Basic anatomy. In a normal human adult male, the GI tract is approxi ...

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Burping, also known as belching, ructus or eructation, is the release of gas from the digestive tract (mainly esophagus and stomach) through the mouth. It is often audible. Burping - Physiology. Burping is typically caused by eating or drinking too fast, and thereby swallowing (aerophagia) and subsequently expelling air, in which case the expelled gas is a mixture of nitrogen and oxygen. Burps can also be caused by imbibing carbonated drinks such as beer, soft drinks, or champagne, in w ...

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The gastrointestinal or digestive tract, also referred to as the GI tract or the alimentary canal or the gut, is the system of organs within multicellular animals which takes in food, digests it to extract energy and nutrients, and expels the remaining waste. The GI tract differs substantially from animal to animal. For instance, some animals have multi-chambered stomachs. Gastrointestinal tract - Basic anatomy. Gastrointestinal tract - The gut. < ...

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Image:Stomach2.gif The stomach lies between the esophagus and the first part of the small intestine (the duodenum). It is on the left side of the abdominal cavity, the fundus of the stomach lying against the diaphragm. Lying beneath the stomach is the pancreas, and the greater omentum hangs from the greater curvature. It is divided into five sections, each of which have different cells and functions. The gastric juice which is in the stomach has a pH of 1-3. The pH (power of hydrogen) scale goes from 1 to 14; the lower the pH, the more acidic a substance is. Sometimes gastric juice erodes t ...

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A gland is an organ in an animal's body that synthesizes a substance for release such as hormones, often into the bloodstream (endocrine gland) or into cavities inside the body or its outer surface (exocrine gland). Gland - Types of gland. Humans have a large variety of glands, from the pituitary gland in the brain, to sweat glands over the body's skin that release perspiration to regulate the body's temperature. Other well known glands include the adrenal glands, the prostate gland, the thyroid gland, the ...

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Gastrointestinal tract - Digestion and excretion. Main articles: Digestion, and [[{{{2}}}]], and [[{{{3}}}]], and [[{{{4}}}]]See also:

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Gastrointestinal tract - Digestion and excretion. Food, after being mostly mechanically broken down in the mouth by the teeth and tongue, and slightly chemically broken down by the saliva, passes through the esophagus by means of peristalsis to the stomach, where the process of breakdown continues, mostly mechanical, as relatively large parts of food (now called "bolus") are minimized into smaller portions, and slight amounts of chemical processing takes place, especially on protein, by the enzymes present in the ...

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Every gland is formed by an ingrowth from an epithelial surface. This ingrowth may from the beginning possess a tubular structure, but in other instances glands may start as a solid column of cells which subsequently becomes tubulated. As growth proceeds, the column of cells may divide or give off offshoots, in which case a compound gland is formed. In many glands the number of branches is limited, in others (salivary, pancreas) a very large structure is finally formed by repeated growth and sub-division. As a rule the branches do not unite ...

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