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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
Entry term(s): Jejunums
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 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
Related: Jejunostomy 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
Jejunum - Preferred
Concept UI M0011844
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.
Preferred term Jejunum
Entry term(s) Jejunums



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