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Descriptor English: Jejunum
Descriptor Spanish: Yeyuno
Descriptor yeyuno
Scope note: Una de las tres porciones del intestino delgado, situada a continuación del duodeno y a la que sigue el íleon. El yeyuno tiene un diámetro ligeramente superior, un color más intenso y una pared más gruesa que el íleon, y contiene unos pliegues gruesos circulares que no existen en la parte inferior del íleon. (Diccionario Mosby. 5a ed. Madrid: Harcourt España, 2000, p.1344)
Descriptor Portuguese: Jejuno
Descriptor French: Jéjunum
Tree number(s): A03.556.124.684.500
A03.556.249.750
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D007583
Scope note: The middle portion of the SMALL INTESTINE, between DUODENUM and ILEUM. It represents about 2/5 of the remaining portion of the small intestine below duodenum.
Annotation: inflammation or jejunitis = JEJUNAL DISEASES (IM) + ENTERITIS (IM); jejuno-ileal bypass or shunt or jejuno-ileostomy in obesity: index under JEJUNOILEAL BYPASS (note XR ref)
Allowable Qualifiers: AB malformations
AH anatomie et histologie
BS vascularisation
CH composition chimique
CY cytologie
DE effets des médicaments et des substances chimiques
DG imagerie diagnostique
EM embryologie
EN enzymologie
GD croissance et développement
IM immunologie
IN traumatismes
IR innervation
ME métabolisme
MI microbiologie
PA anatomopathologie
PH physiologie
PP physiopathologie
PS parasitologie
RE effets des radiations
SU chirurgie
TR transplantation
UL ultrastructure
VI virologie
Related: Jéjunostomie MeSH
DeCS ID: 7749
Unique ID: D007583
NLM Classification: WI 510
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2003/07/09
Jéjunum - Preferred
Concept UI M0011844
Preferred term Jéjunum



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