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Nuclease
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Efferent
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Seismic hazard
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Apricot
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Constellation of Draco
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Uniport
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IFREMER
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Sputnik
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Necrophagous
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Game management
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Hiccups
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Bifurcation
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Megacycle
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Dysgeusia
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Plateosaurus
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Cytokine
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Mariner 10
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Hydraulic fracture
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Farad
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Crystal chemistry
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Winter squash
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Bituminous shale
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Hashimoto's thyroiditis
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Half-life
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Optical isomers
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Green flash
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Ecological footprint
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Measles virus
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SIM microscopy
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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