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Descriptor English: Intestine, Small
Descriptor Spanish: Intestino Delgado
Descriptor intestino delgado
Scope note: La porción más larga del aparato digestivo, con una extensión aproximada de 7 m desde el píloro hasta la unión ileocecal. Se divide en duodeno, yeyuno e íleon. (Diccionario Mosby. 5a ed. Madrid: Harcourt España, 2000, p.709)
Descriptor Portuguese: Intestino Delgado
Descriptor French: Intestin grêle
Entry term(s): Intestines, Small
Small Intestine
Small Intestines
Tree number(s): A03.556.124.684
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D007421
Scope note: The portion of the GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT between the PYLORUS of the STOMACH and the ILEOCECAL VALVE of the LARGE INTESTINE. It is divisible into three portions: the DUODENUM, the JEJUNUM, and the ILEUM.
Annotation: general or unspecified; prefer specifics; inflammation equals ENTERITIS but ENTEROCOLITIS; DUODENITIS; and ILEITIS are available
Allowable Qualifiers: AB abnormalities
AH anatomy & histology
BS blood supply
CH chemistry
CY cytology
DE drug effects
DG diagnostic imaging
EM embryology
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
IM immunology
IN injuries
IR innervation
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PA pathology
PH physiology
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
RE radiation effects
SU surgery
TR transplantation
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Public MeSH Note: INTESTINAL MICROORGANISMS was heading 1963-67
Online Note: search INTESTINAL MICROORGANISMS under INTESTINES 1966-67
History Note: INTESTINAL MICROORGANISMS was heading 1963-67
DeCS ID: 7584
Unique ID: D007421
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Date Established: 1960/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2003/07/09
Intestine, Small - Preferred
Concept UI M0011585
Scope note The portion of the GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT between the PYLORUS of the STOMACH and the ILEOCECAL VALVE of the LARGE INTESTINE. It is divisible into three portions: the DUODENUM, the JEJUNUM, and the ILEUM.
Preferred term Intestine, Small
Entry term(s) Intestines, Small
Small Intestine
Small Intestines



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