jejunum

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The hormone-rich organ, connecting the stomach to another part of the intestine called the jejunum, has prompted the development of various procedures to bypass or intervene on the duodenum.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 2, 2015

It is thicker, more vascular, and has more developed mucosal folds than the jejunum.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

The jejunum and ileum are tethered to the posterior abdominal wall by the mesentery.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

In gastric bypass, a surgeon reroutes the digestive system so that the stomach empties directly into the middle of the small intestine, bypassing a section called the duodenum and jejunum.

From Reuters • May 7, 2013

We may take it for granted that all gases generated in the jejunum, ileum, and large intestines pass onward toward the anus, and there sooner or later escape.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 613, October 1, 1887 by Various