Preferred Name |
small intestine |
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Synonyms |
small intestine small bowel anterior intestine mid intestine intestinum tenue |
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Definitions |
Subdivision of digestive tract that connects the stomach to the large intestine and is where much of the digestion and absorption of food takes place (with the exception of ruminants). The mammalian small intestine is long and coiled and can be differentiated histologically into: duodenum, jejunem, ileum[WP,cjm,Kardong]. |
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ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002108 |
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contributes to morphology of | ||
definition |
Subdivision of digestive tract that connects the stomach to the large intestine and is where much of the digestion and absorption of food takes place (with the exception of ruminants). The mammalian small intestine is long and coiled and can be differentiated histologically into: duodenum, jejunem, ileum[WP,cjm,Kardong]. |
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has_exact_synonym |
small intestine small bowel |
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has_related_synonym |
anterior intestine mid intestine intestinum tenue |
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label |
small intestine |
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prefixIRI |
obo1:UBERON_0002108 |
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prefLabel |
small intestine |
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subClassOf |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0004921 |