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===Intestinal Regions===
===Intestinal Regions===
Small intestine or bowel length
'''Small intestine or bowel length'''
* Duodenum (adult 25 cm length)
* Duodenum (adult 25 cm length)
* Jejunum (adult 1.4 m length)  
* Jejunum (adult 1.4 m length)  
* Ileum  (adult 3.5 m length)   
* Ileum  (adult 3.5 m length)   


Large intestine or bowel
'''Large intestine or bowel'''
* Cecum (caecum)
* Cecum (caecum)
** Vermiform appendix ("appendix", adult 2 to 20 cm length)
** Vermiform appendix ("appendix", adult 2 to 20 cm length)
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** Descending colon
** Descending colon
** Sigmoid colon
** Sigmoid colon
:Links: [[Gastrointestinal Tract - Intestine Development|Intestine Development]]


[[Category:Gastrointestinal Tract]] [[Category:Intestine]] [[Category:Cartoon]]
[[Category:Gastrointestinal Tract]] [[Category:Intestine]] [[Category:Cartoon]]

Revision as of 23:38, 5 May 2013

Gastrointestinal Tract - Duodenum

Highlighted in this cartoon is Duodenum (tractus intestinalis duodenum) the initial segment of the small intestine (or bowel) length. In the adult it is about 25 cm length.

Intestinal Regions

Small intestine or bowel length

  • Duodenum (adult 25 cm length)
  • Jejunum (adult 1.4 m length)
  • Ileum (adult 3.5 m length)

Large intestine or bowel

  • Cecum (caecum)
    • Vermiform appendix ("appendix", adult 2 to 20 cm length)
  • Colon
    • Ascending colon (adult 25 cm length)
    • Transverse colon
    • Descending colon
    • Sigmoid colon
Links: Intestine Development

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current17:31, 30 April 2011Thumbnail for version as of 17:31, 30 April 2011500 × 704 (42 KB)S8600021 (talk | contribs)==Gastrointestinal Tract - Duodenum== Tractus intestinalis duodenum Category:Gastrointestinal Tract Category:Intestine Category:Cartoon