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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: regiones corporis humani Short Extended
Level 3: regiones abdominis
Taxonomic links Level 1: Short Extended
Taxonomic links Level 2: Short Extended
Level 3:
Level 4: superficies divisionis abdominis
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
corpus humanum top
TAH:U9611
TAH:U9460
TAH:U164
TAH:U166 epigastrium MIZ
Taxonomy
Date: 14.06.2026