intestine

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Figure 23.18 Small Intestine The three regions of the small intestine are the duodenum, jejunum, and ileum.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

Figure 23.21 Large Intestine The large intestine includes the cecum, colon, and rectum.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

Intestine epithelium cells have a "brush border," a structure that is present only in cells specialized for absorption and that is assumed to have arisen as a result of the activity of certain intestine-cell genes.

From Scientific American • Oct. 9, 2012

Intestine rancor would you bide, Nursing eleven sliding daggers in your side?

From Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War by Melville, Herman

Intestine dissensions and foreign wars have caused the republic to stand in need of such a magistrate.

From Roman History, Books I-III by Livius, Titus