How to Use small intestine in a Sentence

small intestine

noun

• Enzymes in your mouth, stomach and small intestine break down food for absorption, while microbes in your large intestine digest the leftovers.
  — Christopher Damman, Discover Magazine, 12 Sep. 2024
• Within the stomach, the food is churned in an acidic fluid and partially digested contents before being emptied into the small intestines.
  — Robert Burakoff, Verywell Health, 8 Sep. 2024
• The cause was cancer of the small intestine, said his son, Daniel Krauthammer.
  — Adam Bernstein, BostonGlobe.com, 22 June 2018
• The cause wascancer of the small intestine, said his son, Daniel Krauthammer.
  — Adam Bernstein, Washington Post, 21 June 2018
• The new solution sticks to the lining of the small intestine and can be loaded up with drugs.
  — Pratibha Gopalakrishna, STAT, 26 Aug. 2020
• The device at the center of the case, a duodenoscope, is threaded down through the mouth, throat and stomach to the top of the small intestine.
  — Samuel Rubenfeld, WSJ, 10 Dec. 2018
• The cause was cancer of the small intestine, according to his son.
  — James Hohmann, Washington Post, 22 June 2018
• Now they've been used to show which cells within the small intestine can be infected by the virus.
  — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 11 May 2020
• The small intestine was attached to his bowel and then surgeons had to wait.
  — Fox News, 25 Apr. 2018
• Nicholas' ileum, the final section of his small intestine, is full of pus and ulcers.
  — Mark Johnson and Kathleen Gallagher, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 21 Dec. 2010
• The process typically takes place in the upper GI tract, which includes the stomach and the first part of the small intestine.
  — Harmeet Kaur, CNN, 25 Oct. 2019
• The colon is the large intestine, which is a tube in the abdomen about 5 feet long that helps move solid stool from the small intestine to the rectum.
  — Andrea K. McDaniels, baltimoresun.com, 7 June 2018
• Gallstones can block the the tiny tubes that carry the digestive juices that are made by the gallbladder to the small intestine.
  — Brenda Goodman, CNN, 25 Oct. 2022
• What was once contained to his right kidney has moved on to his liver, the lining of his small intestines and even an artery in his leg.
  — Nick Talbot, ExpressNews.com, 15 May 2020
• Digestive enzymes and acid in your stomach break down the food which is then passed through to the small intestine.
  — Mythili Devarakonda, USA TODAY, 31 July 2022
• The doses were delivered to the small intestine through a tube inserted into the mouth and down the throat.
  — Linda Carroll, NBC News, 21 Oct. 2019
• Helen, 78, has had a slow-growing, painful cancer of the small intestine for the past 20 years, along with spinal stenosis.
  — Shari Rudavsky, Indianapolis Star, 6 Feb. 2018
• These drugs mimic the glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) hormone, which is produced in the small intestine after a meal.
  — Lily Carey, Discover Magazine, 2 May 2024
• The same oligosaccharides on red blood cells also appear on the surface of cells that line the small intestine.
  — Patricia L. Foster, The Conversation, 10 Jan. 2020
• There are dishes that people avoid, like chitterlings [a dish made from small intestines of a pig].
  — Nikita Richardson, Bon Appetit, 25 Sep. 2017
• The small intestines move around the abdominal cavity freely, like snakes in a bag.
  — Lisa Sanders, M.d., New York Times, 10 Jan. 2024
• The tube is inserted through the patient’s mouth and stomach, then into the first part of the small intestine, called the duodenum.
  — Roni Caryn Rabin, New York Times, 6 Aug. 2019
• In the meantime, acids in the stomach and enzymes in the small intestine start processing what has arrived.
  — James Somers, The New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2022
• During emergency surgery, half of her small intestines were removed, plus a bit of colon.
  — Lauren Levy, Good Housekeeping, 2 Mar. 2018
• And one of them was stuck in the narrow tube that carries the digestive fluid known as bile from the gallbladder to the small intestine.
  — Lisa Sanders, M.d., New York Times, 16 May 2023
• In a few cases, the virus persisted in small intestine cells at low levels for weeks or even months.
  — Lenny Bernstein, Ben Guarino, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Mar. 2021
• Dark-red or brown stools could be due to blood being higher up in the digestive system, in the small intestine.
  — Dr. Roshini Raj, Health, 17 June 2024
• Ulcers Peptic ulcers are sores in the stomach and duodenum, or the first part of the small intestine.
  — Amanda Gardner, Health, 29 Oct. 2023
• Since they’re both absorbed by the small intestine, they should be spaced out so as to not compete for absorption.
  — Allison Futterman, Discover Magazine, 19 Feb. 2024
• These are carbohydrates found in some foods that are not well-absorbed in the small intestine.
  — Elizabeth Pratt, Health, 26 May 2024

Last Updated: 26 Oct 2024