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epigastrium

Identification
Official Latin term epigastrium
Official term epigastrium
Unit identifier TAH:U166
Unit type single
Materiality immaterial
Navigation
Link to the unit epigastrium
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Partonomic links Level 2: regions of human body Short Extended
Level 3: regions of abdomen
Taxonomic links Level 1: immaterial entity Short Extended
Taxonomic links Level 2: anatomical surface Short Extended
Level 3: surface of subdivision of trunk
Level 4: surface of subdivision of abdomen
Language combinations
Taxonomic definition
Encyclopedic definition region medial to the midclavicular line between the pectoral region and the transpyloric plane.
Taxonomic definition The epigastrium is a surface of anterior part of abdomen [superficies partis anterioris abdominis ] which is the upper medial region of the abdomen, when considering its division into 9 parts.
Encyclopedic definition the upper middle region of the abdomen, located within the infrasternal angle
Partonomy
TAH:E10200
human body top
TAH:U9611
TAH:U9460
TAH:U164
TAH:U166 epigastrium MIZ
Taxonomy
Date: 14.06.2026