2) jejunum. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...The section of the small intestine between the duodenum and the ileum. Middle English, from Medieval Latin iinum (intestnum), fasting (intestine) (so called because...

3) XI. Splanchnology. 2g. The Small Intestine. Gray, Henry. 1918. Anatomy of the Human Body.
...the mesentery. The small intestine is divisible into three portions: the duodenum, the jejunum, and the ileum. 1 FIG. 1056– The duodenum and pancreas. (See enlarged...

4) midgut. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...1. The middle section of the digestive tract in a vertebrate embryo from which the ileum, jejunum, and portions of the duodenum and colon develop. Also called mesenteron....

5) ileum. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...Inflected forms: pl. ilˇeˇa (- The terminal portion of the small intestine extending from the jejunum to the cecum. Late Latin leum, groin, flank, variant of Latin...

6) mesentery. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...the intestines to the dorsal abdominal wall, especially such a fold that envelops the jejunum and ileum. Middle English mesenterie, from Medieval Latin mesenterium,...

7) small intestine. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...by the blood. It extends from the pylorus to the cecum and consists of the duodenum, the jejunum, and the ileum....

8) duodenum. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...of the small intestine, starting at the lower end of the stomach and extending to the jejunum. Middle English, from Medieval Latin, short for intestnum duodnum digitorum,...

9) 221. Interiority. Mawson, C.O. Sylvester. 1922. Roget s International Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases
...guts [vulgar or tech.], chitterlings, womb, lap [obs.], rectum, cćcum, ileum, duodenum, jejunum. GLAND, glandule [rare], gland cell; thyroid, parotid, prostate; liver,...

10) XI. Splanchnology. 2. The Digestive Apparatus. Gray, Henry. 1918. Anatomy of the Human Body.
...intestine, which is divided for purposes of description into three parts, the duodenum, the jejunum, and ileum. In the small intestine the process of digestion is...