[Changes in the size of the stomach and its sections in human early postnatal ontogeny]

The present study represents findings of the examination of change dynamics in dimensions of human stomach and its regions since birth up to the age of 6 months, carried out in cadavers of 40 children using methods of parametric and nonparametric statistics (newborns, below 2 months of age, 2-4 and 4-6 months) according to the results of relative and absolute dimensions of measurements. Differences in parameter growth for anatomical regions of stomach were found. Heterochronous pattern of the stomach (cardial and pyloric) regions increase were found together with the presence of 2 (2 and 4-6 months) periods of intensive growth and the period of the delayed growth (2-4 months).