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provided by the
intestinal mucosal barrier,
which is
composed of physical, biochemical, and
immune elements elaborated by the
intestinal mucosa. Microorganisms...
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Intestinal ischemia is a
medical condition in
which injury to the
large or
small intestine occurs due to not
enough blood supply. It can come on suddenly...
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Human intestinal spirochetosis,
often called just
intestinal spirochetosis when the
human context is implicit, is an
infection of the colonic-type mucosa...
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Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO), also
termed bacterial overgrowth, or
small bowel bacterial overgrowth syndrome (SBBOS), is a
disorder of...
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medical word for gas
generated in the
stomach or bowels. A
proportion of
intestinal gas may be
swallowed environmental air, and
hence flatus is not entirely...
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Intestinal metaplasia is the
transformation (metaplasia) of
epithelium (usually of the
stomach or the esophagus) into a type of
epithelium resembling that...
- In histology, an
intestinal gland (also
crypt of Lieberkühn and
intestinal crypt) is a
gland found in
between villi in the
intestinal epithelial lining...
- The
intestinal epithelium is the
single cell
layer that
forms the
luminal surface (lining) of both the
small and
large intestine (colon) of the gastrointestinal...
- is
considered abnormally dilated. The
surface area of the
human small intestinal mucosa, due to
enlargement caused by folds,
villi and microvilli, averages...
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Intestinal villi (sg.: villus) are small, finger-like
projections that
extend into the
lumen of the
small intestine. Each
villus is
approximately 0.5–1...
