jejunum

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This tissue was used as internal control tissue: it was from the same patient and experienced similar surgical handling as the isolated jejunum, while it was not subjected to IR.

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  1. noun The section of the small intestine between the duodenum and the ileum.

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  • 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
  • Thereafter, the segment of jejunum was further isolated by transsection at both ends with a linear cutting stapler (GIA 6038S, Covidien, Zaltbommel, the Netherlands). —  PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles
  • A further segment of isolated jejunum (2 cm) was resected similarly after 25 minutes of reperfusion to study early phenomena during reperfusion. —  PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles
  • This tissue was used as internal control tissue: it was from the same patient and experienced similar surgical handling as the isolated jejunum, while it was not subjected to IR. —  PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles
  • The three small intestines are the duodenum, the jejunum, and the ileum; the duodenum commences at the pylorus, and is continued into the jejunum, which is so called from its being generally found empty: the ileum is only a prolongation of the jejunum, and terminates in the first of the great intestines, called the caecum. —  Popular Lectures on Zoonomia Or The Laws of Animal Life, in Health and Disease
 

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  1. Middle English, from Medieval Latin iēiūnum (intestīnum), fasting (intestine) (so called because in dissection it was always found empty), neuter of Latin iēiūnus.

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  1. New Latin, neuter of Latin jejunus, dry: see jejune.
 

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