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Small Intestine

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Abstract

The small intestine, which measures 7m immediately postmortem, may measure 2-4m (or less) in the living. Postmortem lengths vary between 5 and 8 m, and length may be correlated with stature.

The small intestine, which measures 7m immediately postmortem, may measure 2-4m (or less) in the living. Postmortem lengths vary between 5 and 8 m, and length may be correlated with stature.

Riferimenti dell’opera originale

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Anatomical classification

Systems:
Digestive system

Content provenance

Translation

Italian translation of «Small Intestine — Illustrated Encyclopedia of Human Anatomic Variation: Opus I: Muscular System» by Ronald A. Bergman, Adel K. Afifi, Ryosuke Miyauchi. Source: https://www.anatomyatlases.org/AnatomicVariants/OrganSystem/Text/SmallIntestine.shtml Original work distributed under the CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/deed.it). Translation by Redazione AIVA. Changes from the original: Traduzione italiana del testo originale inglese, che resta consultabile nella versione inglese di questa pagina. Il contenuto è stato riorganizzato nel formato scheda del portale (sintesi, testo, riferimenti) senza modificarne le affermazioni. Le figure non sono state copiate: sono collegate alla pagina d’origine. This publication is not approved or endorsed by the authors of the original work.

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