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...

Small intestine cancer is a cancer of the small intestine. It is relatively rare compared to other gastrointestinal malignancies such as gastric cancer...

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...

Enteritis is inflammation of the small intestine. It is most commonly caused by food or drink contaminated with pathogenic microbes, such as Serratia...

gastric juice until it passes into the duodenum, the first part of the small intestine. The intestinal phase where the partially digested food is mixed with...

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...

nutrients, the chyme gradually works its way through the small intestine to the large intestine. In contrast to peristalsis, segmentation contractions result...

gastrointestinal tract such as the pharynx, larynx, esophagus, stomach, and small intestine such that the inside wall lining, size, shape, contour, and patency...

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...

A small intestine neuroendocrine tumor is a carcinoid in the distal small intestine or the proximal large intestine. It is a relatively rare cancer and...

so provide greater support for nutrient digestion. The wall of the small intestine is lined with four main tunics - tunica mucosa, tunica submucosa, tunica...

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...

Intestine transplantation (intestinal transplantation, or small bowel transplantation) is the surgical replacement of the small intestine for chronic...

spelled chitlins or chittlins, are a food most commonly made from the small intestines of pigs, though cow, lamb, goose and goat may also be used. They may...

the gastrointestinal tract, namely the esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine and rectum; and the accessory organs of digestion, the liver...

medicine the Small Intestine (simplified Chinese: 小肠; traditional Chinese: 小腸) is a fu organ in the Zang-fu concept. The small intestine governs the separation...

polyols) are short-chain carbohydrates that are poorly absorbed in the small intestine and ferment in the colon. They include short-chain oligosaccharide...

affected part of the intestines in adults is the sigmoid colon, with the cecum being the second most affected. In children the small intestine is more often...

the small intestine and large intestine. The solitary lymphatic nodules are found scattered throughout the mucous membrane of the small intestine, but...

portion of the intestine. These defects can either occur in the small or large intestine. The most prominent symptom of intestinal atresia is bilious vomiting...

a series of people with inflammation of the terminal ileum of the small intestine, the area most commonly affected by the illness. The decision to name...

between villi in the intestinal epithelial lining of the small intestine and large intestine (or colon). The glands and intestinal villi are covered by...

incompletely absorbed into the blood stream from the small intestine which generally results in a smaller change in blood glucose than "regular" sugar (sucrose)...

The duodenum is the first section of the small intestine in most vertebrates, including mammals, reptiles, and birds. In mammals, it may be the principal...

Cholera (/ˈkɒlərə/) is an infection of the small intestine by some strains of the bacterium Vibrio cholerae. Symptoms may range from none, to mild, to...

within the peritoneum that is considered to be the beginning of the large intestine. It is typically located on the right side of the body (the same side...

fluid to intestinal contents. This massive load is reduced by the small and large intestines to less than 200 g of stool that contains less than 8 g of fat...

first and shortest part of the small intestine, where peristalsis takes over to move this through the rest of the intestines. In the human digestive system...

people grow up. Secondary lactose intolerance is due to injury to the small intestine. Such injury could be the result of infection, celiac disease, inflammatory...

digestion occurring within the small intestine. An alternate explanation for differences in results is the variance in small bowel transit time among tested...