CARDIA
cardia: translation
n. [Gr. kardia, heart]
1. (ARTHROPODA: Insecta)
An anterior cardiac chamber of the midgut of Diptera; the proventriculus of some authors.
2. (BRYOZOA)
Part of the digestive tract into which the esophagus opens, sometimes differentiated into gizzard and stomach.
3. (NEMATA)
The esophago-intestinal valve.