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Small intestine

noun

The longest part of the alimentary canal; where digestion is completed.

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... thoracic duct from the small intestine are called the lacteals (Fig. 28). These do not differ in structure from the lymphatics in other parts of the body, but they perform a special work in absorbing ...

— Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools • Francis M. Walters, A.M.

... which complete it behind. Further description will be given in the department of Obstetrics. The cavity of the pelvis contains the bladder, the rectum, and some of the generative organs peculiar to each sex and some windings of the small intestine; they are partially covered by the peritoneum (lining membrane ...

— Mother's Remedies - Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers - of the United States and Canada • T. J. Ritter

... which the food enters is called the cardiac opening, because it is near the heart. The other opening, by which the food leaves the stomach, and where the small intestine begins, is the pyloric orifice, and is guarded by a kind of valve, known as the pylorus, or gatekeeper. The concave border between the two orifices is called the small curvature, and the convex as the great curvature, of ...

— A Practical Physiology • Albert F. Blaisdell

Words linked to "Small intestine" : GI tract, intestine, digestive tract, gastrointestinal tract, alimentary tract, duodenum, gut, alimentary canal, jejunum, intestinal artery, jejunal artery, ileum, ileal artery, bowel, digestive tube, arteria ileum