Template:Postnatal mall Intestine Length table

From Embryology
Small Intestine Length
Age (weeks gestational age) Average Length (cm)
20 125
30 200
term 275
1 year postnatal 380
5 years 450
10 years 500
20 years 575
Table data from 8 published reports of necropsy measurement of 1010 guts.[1]
  1. Weaver LT, Austin S & Cole TJ. (1991). Small intestinal length: a factor essential for gut adaptation. Gut , 32, 1321-3. PMID: 1752463