- The
small intestine or
small bowel is an
organ in the
gastrointestinal tract where most of the
absorption of
nutrients from food
takes place. It lies between...
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Small intestine cancer is a
cancer of the
small intestine. It is
relatively rare
compared to
other gastrointestinal malignancies such as
gastric cancer...
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excessive bacterial growth in the
small intestine.
Unlike the
colon (or
large bowel),
which is rich with bacteria, the
small bowel usually has
fewer than 100...
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Enteritis is
inflammation of the
small intestine. It is most
commonly caused by food or
drink contaminated with
pathogenic microbes, such as Serratia...
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large intestine begins in the
right iliac region of the pelvis, just at or
below the waist,
where it is
joined to the end of the
small intestine at the...
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includes the main
organs of digestion, namely, the stomach,
small intestine, and
large intestine. The
complete human digestive system is made up of the gastrointestinal...
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gastric acid
until it p****es into the duodenum, the
first part of the
small intestine. The
third stage, the
intestinal phase,
begins in the duodenum. Here...
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Small sausage in
large sausage (Chinese: 大腸包小腸; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōa-tn̂g pau sió-tn̂g; lit. 'large
intestine wrapping small intestine') is a
snack sausage...
- nutrients, the
chyme gradually works its way
through the
small intestine to the
large intestine. In
contrast to peristalsis,
segmentation contractions result...
- (/ˈtʃɪt(ər)lɪŋz/),
sometimes spelled chitlins or chittlins, are the
large intestines of
domestic animals. They
usually come from pigs, but are also made from...
