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SMALL INTESTINE [2 records]

Record 1 2018-04-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Bowels
DEF

The proximal portion of the intestine, smaller in caliber than the larger intestine, and about twenty feet long, extending from the pylorus to the cecum; it comprises the duodenum, jejunum, and ileum.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intestins
DEF

Partie de l'intestin qui s'étend du pylore jusqu'au cæcum [et qui] est formé du duodénum, du jéjunum et de l'iléon [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Intestinos
DEF

Porción de intestino extendida desde el píloro hasta el ciego; comprende el duodeno, yeyuno e íleon, y mide en conjunto 6.5m (duodeno 22 cm, yeyuno 2.2m e íleon 4 m) aproximadamente.

CONT

La constitución anatómica del intestino delgado es básicamente igual al resto del tubo digestivo en relación al número y tipo de sus capas. Difiere en las características de la mucosa que además de tener numerosos pliegues, presenta las vellosidades intestinales y [glándulas].

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Record 2 2010-03-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Anatomy
  • Birds
CONT

The small intestine is the site in birds where digestion is mainly consummated and whose duodenal portion receives bile from the liver and pancreatic enzymes from the pancreas.

CONT

The small intestine is the principal site of chemical digestion.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Anatomie animale
  • Oiseaux
CONT

Dans l'intestin grêle, il y a d'importantes transformations des substances alimentaires, dont les parties dégradées définitivement deviennent absorbables tandis que les parties non attaquées doivent être éliminées; les dégradations chimiques sont le résultat de l'action combinée du suc pancréatique, de la bile et du suc intestinal.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Anatomía animal
  • Aves
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