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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
Entity-oriented links Universal page Definition page
External links TA98 FMA PubMed
Partonomic links Level 2: regions of human body Short Extended
Level 3: regions of abdomen
Taxonomic links Level 1: immaterial entity Short Extended
Level 2: anatomical surface Short Extended
Level 3: surface of subdivision of trunk
Level 4: surface of subdivision of abdomen
Language combinations
Taxonomic definition
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
Encyclopedic definition region medial to the midclavicular line between the pectoral region and the transpyloric plane.
Partonomy
TAH:E10200
human body top
TAH:U9611
TAH:U9460
TAH:U164
TAH:U166 epigastrium MIZ
Taxonomy
Date: 13.09.2026