intestine

(in-tes'tin) [L. intestinum.'] The' digestive tube pa ing from the stomach to the anus. It is divided primarily into, the' sm^ll i. (intestinum tenue) and the large (intestinum cra um); the small i. is further divided arbitrarily into duodenum, jejunum, and ileum; the large i. is divided into cecum and appendix, ascending, transverse, descending, and sigmoid colon, and rectum. The duodenum is separated from the stomach by the pylorus or pyloric valve, and the ileum is separated from the cecum by the ileocecal valve, valvula* col i (BNA]. artificial opening into, enteroproctia, artificial anus, enterostomy, colostomy, attachment to abdominal wall, enteropexy. calculus, enterolith, enterolite, coprolith, coprolite, bezoar. congestion, enteiemia. dilatation, enter ectasia. disease, enteropathy, enterosis. downward displacement, enteroptosia, splanchnoptosia, visceroptosia, gaseous distention, enteropneumatosis, tympanites, meteorism, flatulence, ohysocelia. t gout, enteragra. hem or-hage, entero-lemorrhage, enterorrhagia, enteromenja (vicarious menstruation) melena, apoplex i a intestinal is. hernia, enterocele, enteroepiolocele, (with omentum), enterocystocele (with bladder), enteromerocele (femoral)