cardiac notch

When feeding, the blood is stored in the cardiac notch.

The costomediastinal recess is most obvious in the cardiac notch of the left lung.

The cardiac notch is a concave impression molded to accommodate the shape of the heart.

The boundary between the body and the fundus is defined as a horizontal line running trough the cardiac notch.

The medial border of the right lung is nearly vertical, while the left lung contains a cardiac notch.

Cardiac notch can refer to:

One location is through the 5th or 6th intercostal space at the left sternal border at the cardiac notch of the left lung.

Since the cardiac notch, angular incisure and entire stomach position varies in individuals these boundaries are not fixed in position.

The right lung consists of three lobes while the left lung is slightly smaller consisting of only two lobes (the left lung has a "cardiac notch" allowing space for the heart within the chest).

The anterior border of the right lung is almost vertical, and projects into the costodiaphragmatic recess; that of the left lung presents, below, an angular notch, the cardiac notch, in which the pericardium is exposed.

The right margin of the oesophagus is continuous with the lesser curvature of the stomach, while the left margin joins the greater curvature at an acute angle, termed the cardiac notch (or cardial notch).