The microbiome of the small intestine is distinct from the colon, and likely plays important roles beyond digestion. An overgrowth of bacteria in this region, most commonly a result of slow ...

The first of three sections of the small intestine, the duodenum, produces large quantities of mucus to protect the intestinal lining from acid in the chyme. Measuring about 20 feet (6 meters ...

The small intestine is a very dynamic environment; food passes through depending on the varying speed of a person’s digestion, and the pipe expands and contracts.

Purdue University scientists isolated it from layers of tissue called small-intestine submucosa, or SIS, after they discovered more than a decade ago that the small intestine possessed unusual healing ...

"In this procedure, surgeons also remove the entire duodenum, the first part of the small intestine. One of the advantages of this procedure from a research perspective is that the intestinal ...

Researchers have observed a pill-sized camera and a CT scan may prove to be the best way to detect problems of the small intestine. The newly Researchers have observed a pill-sized camera and a CT ...

Partially digested food arrives in the intestine from the stomach. Digested food is absorbed in the small intestine. This means that it passes through the wall of the small intestine and into the ...

In the woman’s case, the endoscopy showed “the presence of live nematodes [worms] in the descending portion of the patient’s duodenum,” which is the beginning of the small intestine.

These processes turn the food into a thick paste, known as chyme. The small intestine is around 20 ft (6 m) long and absorbs around 90% of the nutrients from food into the bloodstream. From the ...

The study discovered that the small intestine is a major contributor to systemic glucose imbalances when sugar levels go low or high. Researchers made a serendipitous discovery: that three months ...