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    The jejunum is the second part of the small intestine in humans and most higher vertebrates, including mammals, reptiles, and birds. Its lining is specialized...
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    products of digestion that were not absorbed by the jejunum. The ileum follows the duodenum and jejunum and is separated from the cecum by the ileocecal...
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    diameter. The small intestine has three distinct regions – the duodenum, jejunum, and ileum. The duodenum, the shortest, is where preparation for absorption...
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    the jejunum): bulb, descending, horizontal, and ascending. The suspensory muscle attaches the superior border of the ascending duodenum to the jejunum. The...
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    known as the angle of Treitz, is the border between the duodenum and the jejunum. The ascending portion of the duodenum ascends on the left side of the...
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    Treitz) is a thin muscle connecting the junction between the duodenum and jejunum (the small intestine's first and second parts, respectively), as well as...
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    stomach, duodenum (first portion of the small bowel) and occasionally the jejunum (second portion of the small bowel), the last of which is an 'atypical'...
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    may be the principal site for iron absorption. The duodenum precedes the jejunum and ileum and is the shortest part of the small intestine. In human beings...
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    mesenteric artery) in the mesentery of the jejunum and ileum that supply the jejunum and ileum. The vasa recta of the jejunum are long and few, compared to the...
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    head of the pancreas also necessitates removal of the duodenum, proximal jejunum, gallbladder, and, occasionally, part of the stomach. The most common technique...
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    number of techniques, with the gold standard being an aspirate from the jejunum that grows in excess of 105 bacteria per millilitre. Risk factors for the...
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    The jejunal veins drains the jejunum and are tributaries of the superior mesenteric vein. v t e...
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    lower GI tract. The digestive tract continues as the jejunum which continues as the ileum. The jejunum, the midsection of the small intestine contains circular...
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    gastroenterostomy is the surgical creation of a connection between the stomach and the jejunum. The operation can sometimes be performed at the same time as a partial...
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    Small intestine (Duodenum/Jejunum/Ileum) Enteritis Duodenitis Jejunitis Ileitis Peptic (duodenal) ulcer Curling's ulcer Malabsorption: Coeliac Tropical...
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    part of the small intestine. It is located between the stomach and the jejunum. After foods combine with stomach acid, they descend into the duodenum...
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  • transverse colon and the upper jejunum after a Billroth II surgical procedure. (The Billroth procedure attaches the jejunum to the remainder of the stomach...
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    substances. A surgically created passage between the common bile duct and the jejunum in a procedure called a choledochojejunostomy, can be carried out to relieve...
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    humans in the lowest portion of the small intestine, mainly in the distal jejunum and the ileum, but also could be detected in the duodenum. Peyer's patches...
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    the mucosal lining of the small intestine (mostly in the duodenum and jejunum), called I cells, neurons of the enteric nervous system, and neurons in...
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    still 50 times more likely. Approximately 50% of cases are found in the jejunum, followed by the ileum in 31% of cases. Almost one half of all lesions...
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    (stoma) through the skin at the front of the abdomen and the wall of the jejunum (part of the small intestine). It can be performed either endoscopically...
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    Billroth II a fistula forms between the transverse colon and the upper jejunum (which, post Billroth II, is attached to the remainder of the stomach)...
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    previous closure of the stomach) is then connected to the first part of the jejunum in end-to-side anastomosis. The Billroth II always follows resection of...
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    horizontal and ascending portions of the duodenum and upper half of the jejunum, they are large and numerous. From this point, down to the middle of the...
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    nerves S: greater splanchnic nerves T5, T6, T7, T8, T9, sometimes T10 jejunum and ileum PS: posterior vagal trunks S: greater splanchnic nerves T5, T6...
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    fulvovirens Spathiphyllum gardneri Spathiphyllum grandifolium Spathiphyllum jejunum Spathiphyllum juninense Spathiphyllum kalbreyeri Spathiphyllum kochii Spathiphyllum...
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  • 3D image of mouse jejunum tuft cells : A free-floating cryosection was immunostained with a tuft cell marker (anti-phospho-specific antibody against Girdin...
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  • It involves a side-to-side anastomosis of the pancreatic duct and the jejunum. The operation involves creating a longitudinal incision along the pancreas...
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    in the mucosa of the upper gastrointestinal tract's duodenum and upper jejunum while GLP1 is produced and secreted into the blood by L cells located in...
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