small intestine

Term ID

UBERON:0002108

Synonyms

• anterior intestine
• intestinum tenue
• mid intestine
• small bowel
• small intestine

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]. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small_intestine

References

• AAO:0010397
• BTO:0000651
• CALOHA:TS-0942
• EFO:0000841
• EMAPA:32834
• EV:0100072
• GAID:313
• MA:0000337
• MAT:0000047
• MESH:A03.492.411.620
• MIAA:0000047
• NCIT:C12386
• OpenCyc:Mx4rvVjlIJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA
• Small:intestine
• TAO:0001323
• UMLS:C0021852
• VHOG:0000055
• XAO:0000130
• ZFA:0001323
• galen:SmallIntestine
• http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0021852
• http://www.snomedbrowser.com/Codes/Details/181250005

Ontology

Cell Ontology