Subdivision of digestive tract that connects the stomach to the large intestine and is where much of the digestion and absorption of food takes place (with the exception of ruminants). The mammalian small intestine is long and coiled and can be differentiated histologically into: duodenum, jejunem, ileum[WP,cjm,Kardong]. [ https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=bn%3A0073040584 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small_intestine ]
Synonyms: small intestine small bowel
Term information
- CALOHA:TS-0942
- MESH:D007421
- galen:SmallIntestine
- TAO:0001323
- NCIT:C12386
- MA:0000337
- MAT:0000047
- EFO:0000841
- BTO:0000651
- Wikipedia:Small_intestine
- EV:0100072
- MIAA:0000047
- EMAPA:32834
- ZFA:0001323
- VHOG:0000055
- XAO:0000130
- FMA:7200
- AAO:0010397
- SCTID:181250005
- GAID:313
uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core, organ_slim, major_organ, human_reference_atlas
Term relations
- digestive system element
- subdivision of digestive tract
- part of some intestine
- contributes to morphology of some intestine