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
No clear demarcation exists between the jejunum and the final segment of the small intestine, the ileum.
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
Next in the list is the 'ileum'; but it is difficult to say where the jejunum terminates and the ileum commences, except that the latter is usually one-fifth longer than the former.
From The Dog by William Youatt
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