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jejunum
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jejunum: see intestine intestine, muscular hoselike portion of the gastrointestinal tract extending from the lower end of the stomach (pylorus) to the anal opening. In humans this fairly narrow (about 1 in./2.
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jejunum
the part of the small intestine between the duodenum and the ileum

jejunum [jə′jü·nəm]
(anatomy)
The middle portion of the small intestine, extending between the duodenum and the ileum.


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Yet there is a report of unhydrolyzed wheat gluten causing jejunal villus atrophy and mucosal abnormalities in milk-fed calves (Kilshaw and Slade, 1982).
Jejunal and ileal CMV can produce oedema, subepithelial haemorrhages and ulcers of variable number and appearance (Figure 7).
Studies on gastrointestinal hormone and jejunal interdigestive migrating motor complex in patients with or without early dumping syndrome after total gastrectomy with Roux-en-Y reconstruction for early gastric cancer.
 
 
 
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