What Do You Mean by Epigastrium?
Medical Definition of Epigastric 1: Lying Upon or over the Stomach. 2A: of or Relating to the Anterior Walls of the Abdomen Epigastric Veins. B: of or Relating...
What is the function of epigastric?
During breathing the diaphragm contracts and flattens, displacing the viscera and producing an outward movement of the upper abdominal wall (epigastric region). It is a convergence of the diaphragm and the abdominals, so that "when both sets of muscles (diaphragm and abdominals) tense, the epigastrium pushes forward".
Does epigastric means behind the stomach?
Epigastric pain is upper abdominal pain right below the ribs. “Epi” means “over” or “upon” and “gastric” means “of the stomach,” although the epigastrium also houses the pancreas and parts of the liver and small intestine.
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