Invagination of the esophagus in hiatus hernia
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Hiatus hernia.
The diaphragm is a sheet of muscle that separates the lungs from the abdomen. When a person takes a deep breath, the dome-shaped diaphragm contracts and flattens. In doing this, the diaphragm pulls air into the lungs. The left diaphragm contains a small hole through which passes the tube-shaped esophagus that carries food and liquid to the stomach. Normally this hole, called a hiatus, is small ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Acta Radiologica
سال: 1959
ISSN: 0001-6926
DOI: 10.3109/00016925909171119