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jejunum

NOUN
  1. the part of the small intestine between the duodenum and the ileum

How To Use jejunum In A Sentence

  • Acute cholecystitis may cause the gall bladder to adhere to the adjacent jejunum or duodenum.
  • In three other experiments fluid transport in the jejunum was nil.
  • The in vivo antisecretory effects of berberine hydrochloride on intestinal secretion mediated by Escheriehia Coli (E. Coli)heat—stabie enterotoxin (ST) were studied in the pig jejunum.
  • Ultimately, the shunts were converted to jejunoileostomies in which the upper portion of the jejunum was anastomosed to the lower portion of the ileum.
  • The patient was treated with surgical resection of the distal jejunum, proximal ileum, and the 3 nodules of the liver.
  • The jejunum is localised mostly in the left mesogastrium; the ileum in the right meso- and hypogastrium.
  • Next in the list is the 'ileum'; but it is difficult to say where the jejunum terminates and the ileum commences, except that the latter is usually one-fifth longer than the former. The Dog
  • The next portion of the intestine is called the jejunum, because it is usually empty after death. A Practical Physiology
  • It is a tube approximately 20 feet long consisting of three regions; the duodenum, jejunum, and ileum.
  • From this moment the 6 cm part of jejunum, which was going to be studied was identified and care was taken that the vasculature of the studied jejunum consisted of 1 central mesenteric arteriole and venule. PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles
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