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Digestive System > Gastrointestinal Tract > Intestines > Intestine, Small

Preferred term

Intestine, Small  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Small Intestine

Note

  • general or unspecified; prefer specifics; inflammation equals ENTERITIS but ENTEROCOLITIS; DUODENITIS; and ILEITIS are available

Scope note

  • The portion of the GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT between the PYLORUS of the STOMACH and the ILEOCECAL VALVE of the LARGE INTESTINE. It is divisible into three portions: the DUODENUM, the JEJUNUM, and the ILEUM.

History note

  • INTESTINAL MICROORGANISMS was heading 1963-67

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D007421

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