Morgani's Ventricle

The ventricle is a small ventricle located between the esophagus and the stomach. It was first described by the Italian physician and anatomist Giovanni Battista Morgagni in the 18th century, which is why it bears his name.

The ventricle has the shape of an elongated sac about 2-3 cm long. It is located in the area of ​​the esophagogastric junction and serves to accumulate food coming from the esophagus to the stomach. Thanks to the blinking ventricle, food does not enter the stomach immediately, but gradually, in small portions, which facilitates the digestion process.

The walls of the ventricle are formed by folds of the mucous membrane. Inside it is lined with mucous membrane, which secretes mucus and protects the wall from the action of gastric juice. From the ventricle, food passes further into the stomach through an opening called the pylorus.

Thus, the ventricle plays an important role in the digestion process by regulating the flow of food from the esophagus to the stomach. It was first described by the outstanding Italian anatomist Giovanni Battista Morgagni, in whose honor it received its name.

The stomach of Morgagni (stomach of Werka) is a blind muscular tube, its wide end flows into the final part of the duodenum, looping around the pyloric gland, and its narrow end flows through an opening at the greater curvature into the initial part of the stomach under the liver, from where bile exits through the cystic duct.