Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

Formation and growth of the embryonic heart.  

To the junction of the esophagus and the stomach.  

Pain in the region of the heart.  

The science of the forces involved in propulsion of blood from the heart to the tissues and back to the heart.  

Relaxation of the muscles of the cardiac sphincter of the stomach.  

A herniation or protrusion of the heart through an opening in the diaphragm or through a wound.  

A gram-negative, rod-shaped bacterium. It is a member of the hacek group of bacteria and is part of the normal flora of the oral cavity and upper airway. It is an occasional cause of culture-negative endocarditis.  

The science of the heart and blood vessels.  

Of primary importance, as in the cardinal signs: temperature, pulse, respiration, and blood pressure.  

Excision of the gastric cardia.