- 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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stomach and
intestines. Most
animals have a "through-gut" or
complete digestive tract.
Exceptions are more
primitive ones:
sponges have
small pores (ostia)...
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gastric juice until it p****es into the duodenum, the
first part of the
small intestine. The
intestinal phase where the
partially digested food is
mixed with...
- nutrients, the
chyme gradually works its way
through the
small intestine to the
large intestine. In
contrast to peristalsis,
segmentation contractions result...
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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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gastrointestinal tract such as the pharynx, larynx, esophagus, stomach, and
small intestine such that the
inside wall lining, size, shape, contour, and patency...
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roughage move into the
large intestine. The
large intestine, also
known as the hindgut,
consists of the ce****,
large colon,
small colon and ****, terminating...
